Rosa Elégance Française

The Elegance Française® Rose ('Meithatie') combines the scent of Damask roses with the perfect beauty of hybrid tea roses and the generosity of modern roses. Awarded for its numerous qualities, this variety produces large turbinate roses of a brilliant magenta and velvety pink for months, which capture a magnificent fragrance within their petals. Naturally resistant to diseases, it requires little maintenance. Whether along a path or near the terrace, in a large pot on the balcony, or even in a vase, you will enjoy their charm for a long time. The elegance and beauty of French luxury!

The Elegance Française® Rose, recently created by the Meilland house, can boast the following awards: Silver Medal Nagaoka 2017. 1st Prize Grouped Flowers SNHF 2020, 1st Prize in all regions and Perfume Award AGRS (American Garden Rose Selections) 2020, John Cecil Honor Award, Biltmore (USA) 2020. It is a classic hybrid tea rose. The plant forms an upright, ramified bush with vigorous and rapid growth. It will reach approximately 70cm (28in) in height, with a spread of 55cm (22in). From May-June until late in the season, on foliage composed of large dark green matte leaflets, turbinated roses measuring 8-10cm (3-4in) in diameter bloom. They consist of 25 velvety-textured petals with rolled edges, arranged very regularly. Their colour is a very vibrant magenta pink and their pronounced fragrance recalls that of Damask roses, with fruity and sweet notes. These roses are solitary or grouped in 2 or 3. The disease resistance of this rose is excellent. This deciduous, very hardy shrub loses its leaves in autumn. It will thrive when planted in a rich, deep soil that remains slightly moist in summer.

This modern Elegance Française Rose, with its extraordinary fragrance and long stems, is wonderful in a vase. It will find its place in the garden in a large rose bed, at the front of a shrub bed, or as a standalone specimen in a well-kept small garden. It also performs very well in a pot. The colour of its flowers easily complements pastel blooms, as well as the range of blues, purples, and violets. Consider planting it near easy-to-grow plants such as Chinese peonies, perennial geraniums (Geranium 'Blue Cloud', 'Anne Folkard', 'Nimbus', 'Orion'), bellflowers (lactiflora, rapunculoides), catmints, perennial salvias, foxgloves... Dwarf buddleias also make lovely companions for bush roses. Its flowers can be used to create elegant bouquets that delicately perfume the house.