Rosa floribunda Sweet Honey

Rosa Sweet Honey is a charming and easy-to-care-for rose bush with a delightful colour and excellent disease resistance. Its double roses are medium-sized but plump and beautifully turned, with a tender and delicious honey-pink yellow colour. They are delicately scented. They bloom in clusters from June to October, beautifully complemented by dark and glossy foliage that remains decorative throughout the season. Excellent in every way, this variety works wonders in flower beds, in a low and informal hedge, or in a large pot on a sunny patio. Its roses are sublime in bouquets.

Rosa Sweet Honey is a creation from the German rosarian Kordes, introduced to the market in 2015. It has been named in several international competitions, received the ADR label in 2015, and the ROTY in England in 2010. This rose was elected Rose of the Year in 2020 by the Royal Horticultural Society. It belongs to both the Floribunda and Hybrid Tea categories. It is a repeat-flowering rose and produces turbinate-shaped flowers, arranged in a regular manner. They are grouped in clusters of 12 to 15 buds. The bush has an upright habit. It is particularly dense and well-branched, quickly reaching 80 to 90cm (32 to 35in) in height and 70 to 80cm (28 to 32in) in width. Its roses measure 5 to 6cm (2in) in width and are composed of more than 50 thick petals in a pale yellow-pink to salmon colour. Each flower emits a very light fragrance. The foliage is divided into dark green leaflets, which are dense and resistant to diseases. The plant loses its leaves in winter.

This enchanting bush is perfect for flower beds, planted in groups of 3 specimens. It can be paired with many perennial or annual plants with light flowering, such as lady's mantle, bellflowers, perennial geraniums, love-in-a-mist, or catmints. It is not too sensitive to root competition, meaning it can be combined in a flower bed with modest-sized flowering shrubs (deutzias, abelias). Also consider pairing it with small-sized clematis with purple, blue, or white flowers.