Rosa Cyclamen Pierre de Ronsard - Standard Rose

The Standard Rose 'Pierre de Ronsard' combines the elegance of a weeping habit, the touching beauty of old-fashioned roses, the floribundity and the resistance of modern roses. Its gracefully trailing crown is adorned with well-double roses, whose petals are warm pink with silver reflections on the reverse. It has good disease resistance, a light fragrance, and perpetual flowering that is even more generous when the plant is placed in the sun. Reserve a prime location for this variety with great ornamental value.

Standard roses are created through a process of grafting. A climbing variety of rose, such as the Cyclamen 'Pierre de Ronsard', is grafted onto a different type of rose, which has a single and upright stem belonging to a Rosa canina, R. laxa, or R. multiflora. The graft is done at a height of 90-100 cm (35-39 inches) above the ground. In very cold regions, protecting the rootstock during winter may be useful.

Rosa Cyclamen 'Pierre de Ronsard' (also known as 'Pink Eden Rose' or ‘Margaret Mae’) is a modern hybrid tea rose introduced in 2017 by the rose breeder Meilland. Grafted on a stem, it has a remarkable habit, with a crown composed of trailing stems. It reaches approximately 1.80 m (6ft) in height when mature with a 1 m (3ft) spread. It produces stiff, sturdy, thorny branches with elegant medium-green foliage that is slightly glossy and resistant to rose diseases if the growing conditions are correct. Throughout the summer, if faded flowers are removed and the soil remains moist, its large flowers with 70 petals, measuring 12 cm (5in) in diameter, emerge from large, round, pink buds and open into very double and globular roses divided into quarters, which open better under the sun and in a rather warm climate. The petals, of deep pink colour, have a reverse side that is warmer, lighter, and almost silvery. In the context of the flower, they create a beautiful range of pink hues. They are grouped in small clusters of 3, carried at the end of long shoots from the current year or from 2-year-old stems. Their fragrance is light. The plant loses its leaves in winter.

 RosaCyclamen Pierre de Ronsard' is a rose that thrives in full sun like its parent Pierre de Ronsard and its vigour is ensured in a well-amended garden soil that does not dry out too much in summer. It is a perfect stem rose for borders and romantic bouquets. It allows for splendid decorations throughout the summer, placed in the centre of a border, as a focal point on a short grass meadow, or along a pathway. At its base, you can plant paniculate phlox, delphiniums, foxgloves, catmints, tall baby's breath, and other foxgloves.