Rosa x floribunda Leonardo Da Vinci - Floribunda Rose

The 'Leonardo Da Vinci' Rose is a modern rose, endowed with all the qualities of ancient roses and a wildly romantic charm. Throughout the summer, until October, it tirelessly produces generous bouquets of very doubled roses, shaped in quarters, of a pure Bengal rose, pleasantly fragrant. It is a floribunda with healthy foliage and resistant to bad weather, undisturbed by rain. It is at ease in all gardens. Without a doubt, it is a safe bet that will bring joy to many gardeners.

The Rosa x floribunda 'Leonardo Da Vinci' is one of the masterpieces created by the rosarian Meilland, obtained in 1994. The floribunda are cultivars with bouquet-like flowers, obtained by hybridisation of polyantha roses and tea roses. 'Leonardo Da Vinci' forms a small bush of 70 to 85 cm in all directions, very ramified, vigorous but flexible, and covered with very healthy, slightly glossy dark green foliage. Its flowering is remarkably long, lasting 5 to 6 months. This bush renews in successive waves throughout the summer, its very double corollas of 8 cm (3in) in diameter, gathered in terminal bouquets. The tightly closed buds open into round and turbinate flowers, then reveal roses with a slightly more nonchalant appearance. The exact shade of the flowers is a pure Bengal rose, bright and perfectly uniform.

Floribunda roses allow for beautiful small hedges, planted mixed along the edge of the terrace or in beds of moderately sized bushes. Combine them with abelias, nandinas, or caryopteris, for example. They are good companions for panicle phlox and tall baby's breath. The modest size of 'Leonardo Da Vinci' makes it an interesting variety for growing in large pots.