Rosa 'Line Renaud' - Standard Rose

With its tree-like appearance, the 'Line Renaud' Standard Rose enhances this excellent creation by Meilland. Winner of numerous awards and holder of the prestigious German A.D.R label*, this modern rose produces large, romantic, double flowers in a delightful Indian pink, exuding a powerful fragrance with hints of fruity and resinous notes of orange and cypress. They bloom from June until the first frost on healthy foliage that is beautifully dark green and glossy, remarkably resistant to diseases. An exceptional rose within reach of all gardeners!  It deserves a prominent place in the garden, and its roses are simply perfect in bouquets.

Standard roses are created by grafting a specific variety, such as the Line Renaud bush, onto a different rose's upright stem (either Rosa canina, R. laxa, or R. multiflora). This graft is performed at the top of the stem. In regions with very cold winters, it may be beneficial to protect the rootstock during this time.

'Line Renaud' or 'Meiclusif', created by rose breeder Meilland, belongs to the hybrid tea roses and remains to this day one of the best modern varieties with large, deep pink flowers, recognised, among others, with the Perfume Prize at Bagatelle and Orléans, the 1st Perfume Prize and the Gold Medal at Le Roeulx, and the Gold Medal at Buenos Aires. This rose has also been awarded the Grand Prix de La Rose SNHF (National Horticultural Society of France). Grafted on a standard stem, it has a characteristic habit and reaches a height of about 1.80 m (6ft) with a spread of 80-90 cm (32-35in) at the crown level. The plant develops sturdy and thorny stems. From May-June until late in the season, beautiful roses composed of 35 slightly serrated petals, arranged in quarters, bloom on long, sturdy stems. They are perfectly uniform in a warm pink colour. Their highly pronounced fragrance is described as floral and citrusy. It is also a very hardy variety. The deciduous foliage falls in autumn and reappears in spring.

This Line Renaud Standard Rose will find its place in the centre of a large rose bed, as a solitary specimen in a well-maintained garden, in a row along a pathway, or even in a container on the terrace. With its fragrance, the romantic appearance of its slightly blurred flowers, and its abundant flowering, it pairs perfectly with ground cover roses or pale pink bush roses ('Prince Jardinier'), white roses ('Jeanne Moreau', 'Jardins de Bagatelle'), and lovely plants like perennial geraniums 'Blue Cloud', 'Ann Folkard' or 'Orion', catmints, agastaches, or snapdragons ... Its flowers are ideal for creating very feminine bouquets that will delicately scent the house.

*The German Federation of Rose Breeders to Exceptional Roses awards the A.D.R label each year. The roses in competition are evaluated under real conditions, without any sanitary treatment, for three years and in eleven trial stations throughout Germany. It is reviewed annually.