Rosa Bees Paradise Ivory - patio rose

Rosa Bees Paradise Ivory, with its beautiful ivory white flowers, adds to this lovely collection of compact roses developed by the German rose breeder Tantau to attract and nourish bees. It is interesting for its generous and perpetual flowering, as well as its natural disease-resistance, which is well above average. Forming beautiful, easy-to-care-for flowering cushions, all Bees Paradise have a large, easily accessible heart of pollen-rich stamens. Their small size allows them to be grown in gardens of all sizes and styles, or in pots on a balcony or terrace.

The flowers of Rosa Bees Paradise Ivory are gathered in small terminal clusters, inherited from the polyantha rose, an old hybrid derived from Rosa multiflora and R. chinensis. They are particularly rich in nectar and pollen. It forms a low, well-branched bush, about 50 cm (20in) high and 60 cm (24in) wide. The flowers are semi-double cups, 2 to 4 cm (1 to 2in) in diameter, composed of 5 to 10 ivory white petals and a golden yellow stamen-filled heart. Flowering starts in June and regularly renews until October. With the Bees Paradise roses, the faded flowers fall off on their own, without the need for deadheading. Flowering will slow down if the soil is too dry in summer, but will resume in September. This variety has very dark, glossy, deciduous, disease-resistant foliage that falls in autumn.

Rosa Bees Paradise Ivory is robust and hardy and will grow in all soils that are not too dry, but prefers fertile and deep soils. Its dense and low habit allows it to be used in large borders, in not too dry rockeries or on slopes. It can also be planted in groups of 5 in the centre of a small flowerbed. Plant it en masse along a pathway or to highlight shrub beds. It pairs well with light or opulent perennials, or with other dwarf roses from the Bees Paradise series, the 'Bordure Blanche' rose, or the 'Bordure vive' rose. It can be grown with perennial geraniums (Geranium Blue Cloud, Anne Folkard, Nimbus, Orion, Rozanne), bellflowers (lactiflora, rapunculoides), catmints, snapdragons, foxgloves, or carnations. It is perfect for decorating the terrace or balcony in a beautiful pot or a large planter.

Bred by Tantau (Germany) in 2021.