Rosa Poseidon Oralodsem - Standard Rose

The Poseidon Oralodsem Standard Rose forms a rather unique small tree that doesn't go unnoticed from June to October. This modern hybrid has large variegated flowers combining yellow, orange, brick, and chocolate. On its vigorous and floriferous crown, covered with dark and glossy foliage, these flowers bloom continuously for months, accompanied by a light fragrance. Stunning in the garden, they are perfect for bouquets.

Standard roses are obtained by grafting a variety (here the Poseidon bush) onto a single and upright stem belonging to a different rose (Rosa canina, R. laxa, or R. multiflora), with the graft being done at 90 - 100 cm (35 - 39in) from the ground. In very cold regions, it may be useful to protect the rootstock during winter.

'Poseidon' (Oraldosem) is a recently obtained large-flowered shrub rose by Orard. Grafted as a standard rose, it has a characteristic habit and will reach approximately 1.70 m (6ft) in height with a spread of 80-90 cm (32-35in) at the crown. It produces sturdy, slightly stiff, and thorny branches that bear very elegant, dark, glossy green foliage, which is quite resistant to diseases. Throughout the summer, if faded flowers are removed, the plant continuously produces large flowers measuring over 10 cm (4in) in diameter. They are solitary and carried at the tips of long annual shoots or emerging from 2-year-old stems. The deciduous foliage falls in autumn and reappears in spring.

This Poseidon Standard Rose will find its place in the centre of a large rose bed, as a specimen in a well-maintained garden, lined up along a pathway, or even in a container on the patio. Its very rich colour can be difficult to match, but it can be associated, for example, with white Phlox, red Penstemons, daisies, chocolate Cosmos, as well as the dark foliage of certain Physocarpus ('Burgundy Candy'), or the feathery foliage of Bronze Fennel. At its base, it can be accompanied by Nepeta Mussinii, Alchemilla, or creeping Gypsophila, for example. Its cut flowers, with good longevity and a slight fragrance, are perfect for bouquets.