Rosa 'Auguste Renoir' - Hybrid Tea Rose

The 'Auguste Renoir' Rose pays tribute in the most beautiful way to the painter famous for his voluptuous and sensual female nudes that shine with life. Its plump roses are fully double, rich with 50 to 65 Bengal rose petals, and possess a powerful fragrance with deep and subtle undertones. A dense, medium green, satin foliage adorns this sturdy and resistant bush, not very tall but devilishly romantic, with flowering that extends from June to October. An excellent rose for borders and bouquets, ideal for a scented garden.

'Auguste Renoir' or 'Meitoifar' is a modern shrub rose hybrid tea obtained in 1993 by the rosarian Meilland. It belongs to the Romantica series, combining the grace and beauty of old roses with the floribundity and resistance of modern roses. With a bushy and compact habit, this bush reaches about 75 cm (30in) in height and 50 cm (20in) in spread at maturity, with rapid growth. It produces sturdy branches that bear elegant blue-green medium foliage, is slightly shiny and well supplied and is not very susceptible to diseases. Throughout the summer, if faded flowers are removed, its large, fully double flowers, measuring 13 cm (5in) in diameter, emerge from large fuchsia pink buds, then open into globular roses that bloom better in the sun and warm climates. They are solitary or grouped in small bouquets of 2 or 3, carried at the end of long shoots from the current year or emerging from 2-year-old stems.

'Auguste Renoir', with its opulent flowers, is perfect for romantic bouquets planted among low perennials such as violets, carnations, dwarf asters or aubrietas. With a modest size and a dense habit, it is also ideal for planting in a small hedge or in a group of 3 specimens and growing in a large pot. It blends well in low shrub borders with summer or autumn flowering or mixed with light perennials and annuals such as Sea Kale, paniculate phlox or tall foxgloves. It will be beautifully showcased in front of a boxwood or yew screen or, conversely, surrounded by a miniature hedge or a carefully organised maze, as in Italian or French gardens. Above all, it is a generous rose, which can be paired, for example, with a clematis with small white flowers like 'Mrs Robert Brydon', and this duo can also be placed near the house to enjoy the fragrance as you pass by.

Obtained by Meilland in 1993.