Rosa Mokarosa Frywitty

The 'Mokarosa' Rose ('Frywitty') is a modern floribunda with an exceptional, completely unprecedented colour. As unusual as they are beautiful, its perfectly formed roses open in salmon-pink, then gradually turn to a very soft creamy coffee colour shaded with pink around a mocha heart, forming a tender bouquet with wildly nostalgic tones on this small bush. Their scent is subtle but perceptible. In addition to this surprising perpetual flowering, 'Mokarosa' adds good health, allowing its dark foliage to remain attractive throughout the season. A handful of these flowers in a vase is a true adornment for the home. Pair them with white, cream, orange-pink, or even mauve roses!

'Mokarosa' or 'Frywitty' is a modern bush rose with large grouped flowers introduced by British rose breeder Fryer in 2014. This variety forms an upright bush, reaching about 70 cm (28in) in height and 50-60 cm (20-24in) in spread. It produces strong, spiny green branches that bear abundant, ample, healthy foliage of a fairly deep green with a satin finish. Throughout the summer, if faded flowers are removed, the plant produces successive waves of large, pointed buds in an antique pink colour that open into very beautiful double flowers measuring 9 cm (4in) in diameter, with a deep cup shape and a charmingly turbinate form opening to a tightly packed heart, typical of hybrid teas. They are composed of semi-shaded petals, evolving from antique pink to very light coffee with beige and sepia nuances, gold and bronze, gracefully bordered. Their fragrance, quite light, is pleasantly fruity. They are grouped in clusters of 3 to 5 and carried at the ends of long canes from the current year or emerging on 2-year-old stems.

This 'Mokarosa' rose offers absolutely wonderful flowers for homemade bouquets. With its subtly retro charm, it deserves a place not far from the house. The colour of its flowers, precious and devilishly romantic, deserves a graceful setting, both in the garden and in a vase. It will blend well with all colours ranging from white to chocolate, or even the near black of the 'Black Baccara' rose. To add some life to this ensemble, you can add flowers in salmon tones ('Danae' rose, 'Martin des Senteurs'), antique pink ('Acropolis'), dark purple ('Robert le Diable'), or even mauve ('Love Song', 'Sissi', 'Mamy Blue', 'Waltz Time'). It will find its place in the garden of any flower lover, whether they are a beginner or an experienced gardener. Some light-flowering perennial plants (autumn asters, foxgloves, penstemons), as well as grasses, lavenders, and nepetas, are ideal for enhancing its beauty. Other simple and easy-to-grow plants like Geranium 'Rozanne', Geranium 'Pink Cloud', Nepeta 'Walker's Low', and campanulas will accompany it for much of the beautiful season. It will look good in groups of 3 surrounded by silver foliage, as well as in a large pot on your terrace or balcony.