Rosa x floribunda Orangerie

The Orangerie Rose, recently created in Germany by the rose breeder Kordes, is a bush rose both nostalgic and flamboyant, perfectly disease-free, ideal for adding a colourful touch, almost exotic, to any dull flower beds. This compact and upright bush produces clusters of double flowers, medium-sized for a floribunda, displaying a pure, intense, deep orange colour without being garish. It is adorned with perfectly healthy foliage, a dark green that perfectly highlights its orange flowers throughout the beautiful season. It is a rose full of dynamism and good humor, without worries, to be highlighted in the garden or in a large pot on the terrace.  

The Orangerie 'KORgeriora' Rose forms a short but sturdy bush in just a few years, with an upright and compact but not stiff habit. Formed of thorny stems, it reaches on average 70 cm (28in) in height and 50 cm (20in) in width. The plant is adorned with perfectly healthy and very ornamental foliage, a beautiful shiny dark green in summer. Its flowering is abundant from June to September. The buds open into well-organized, turbinated roses. They bloom into wide corollas of 7-8 cm (3in), well double, with a slightly old-fashioned style, gathered in bouquets of 5 to 7 flowers. Their colour, an absolutely uniform orange, is accompanied by a very light fragrance. This variety apparently tolerates both cold and heat, as well as rain. It has obtained the highly selective German ADR label, which rewards the most disease-resistant rose varieties.

Floribunda roses allow for the creation of beautiful small hedges, planted mixed at the edge of the terrace or in small shrub flower beds. Associate them with abelias, nandinas, or caryopteris for example. They are good companions for paniculate phlox and tall gypsophila. The modest size, good health, and unique personality of Orangerie make it an interesting variety for all gardens, even small ones, and for growing in large pots. Its use is versatile, according to the desires of each gardener: in a monochrome rose bed, composed of three plants as its colour can be difficult to match, or in the company of white varieties ('Marie Pavie', 'Swanny') or mauve ones ('Blue Boy', 'Pacific Dream', 'Minerva'). It will blend well with light and easy-to-grow plants such as perennial geraniums, foxgloves, English carnations, or asters. And its roses are very beautiful in bouquets.