Rosa Floribunda Bee Proud - Floribunda rose

The 'Bee Proud' Rose is a cheerful little floribunda, notable for its repeat flowering and nectar-rich blooms which feed bees and bumblebees. Its small semi-double corollas, in a palette of salmon, pink, orange and yellow, bring colour and life to the garden all summer long and until the first frosts. The compact and robust young plant is equally suitable for borders or container cultivation.

Belonging to the Rosaceae family, the 'Bee Proud' rose is a Belgian horticultural cultivar from ILVO/Best Select. It is part of a selection of roses that are favourable to biodiversity, favouring open, nectar-rich flowers. This variety has been distinguished in international trials: Kortrijk in 2018 (Golden Rose), The Hague in 2020 (Gold Certificate), with a special prize from the Deutsche Rosengesellschaft in Baden-Baden in 2022.
It is a small shrub with a dense, bushy habit and moderate growth. In open ground, it reaches 60–70 cm with a spread of 50–60 cm. The semi-double (9 to 16 toothed petals) flowers are gathered in clusters; the red-tinged flower buds open into salmon to orange-pink blooms with a yellow centre; they fade to light pink over time. The diameter of the corollas is about 5 cm. The flowering repeats from June to October, accompanied by a light fragrance. The deciduous, bright green foliage covers upright stems; the plant showed good disease resistance during variety trials.

Place the 'Bee Proud' rose in the sun, in well-drained soil, then complete your country garden scene with perennials like Eryngium planum ‘Blue Hobbit’, Origanum laevigatum ‘Herrenhausen’ and Knautia macedonica. Pair your rose with varieties like the very pale pink Astronomia, lavender Blue Eyes with a purple eye, and See You® in Rosé, a small repeat-flowering bush in soft pink.