Rosa floribunda Planter's Punch® - Floribunda rose

The Planter’s Punch® rose is an easy-going floribunda bush, prized for its generous flowering, in colourful and well-scented clusters. Its double flowers, blending shades of fuchsia pink, apricot and yellow, renew themselves all summer and beyond. Its glossy foliage forms a beautiful setting for its warm tones. Robust, healthy and well-branched, it is suitable for both borders and large containers.

Planter’s Punch® is a modern rose with a compact, bushy habit selected before the early 2000s. This cultivar belongs to the Floribunda group, or "clustered flowers", a category resulting from the cross-breeding between Hybrid Tea roses and Polyanthas: it produces double flowers in clusters, smaller than those of Hybrid Teas, but abundant and repeat flowering. Its habit is well-branched and regular, the bush reaches up to 1.20 m in height and 50-60 cm in width. The stems are moderately thorny. The flowers are double, gathered in tight clusters. Turbinate upon opening, they unfurl in a charming disarray at full bloom. Their colour evolves: the golden yellow centre is edged with petals in shades of fuchsia pink to raspberry red. Their clearly perceptible scent is sweet. This beautiful flowering extends from June to September without a marked break. The young shoots of this rose, tinged with purplish red, form a pleasant contrast with the deciduous foliage composed of ovate, toothed, glossy dark green leaflets. This variety is renowned for its good disease resistance, particularly to common diseases like powdery mildew or black spot.

This Planter’s Punch® rose has a strong personality, so it deserves discreet but refined companions. In a border, it pairs well with the lavender-blue spikes of Nepeta 'Walker's Low' or the airy umbels of Ammi majus 'Queen of Africa', which create a fresh and natural counterpoint. Hardy geranium 'Azure Rush', with its soft blue colour and carpeting foliage, will complete the ensemble.