Rosa x floribunda Pomponella Korpompan

The 'Pomponella' Floribunda Rose, belonging to the Fairy series created by Kordes in Germany, is truly enchanting. With consistency and regularity, it produces hundreds of small, round and double roses like pompoms, in a slightly salmon-pink shade, grouped in small bouquets on very healthy foliage. Vigorous, highly resistant to diseases and highly recurrent, this rose received the ADR label in 2006. This adorable little bush, easy to grow anywhere, can also be trained as a large ground cover.

The 'Pomponella' Rose is one of the masterpieces created by the German rose breeder Kordes in 2005. It forms a small bush, 60 cm (24in) in height and 80 cm (32in) in width, highly branched, vigorous but flexible, and covered with very healthy foliage, with fairly wide, dark green, slightly glossy leaflets. Its flowering is remarkably long, lasting 5 to 6 months. This bush renews its very double 4 cm (2in) diameter corollas in successive waves throughout the summer, forming bouquets of 5 to 7 flowers reminiscent of tiny old roses. The tightly closed buds open into round and slightly open cups, then produce lightly scented roses. The colour of the flowers is a medium bright pink, with nuances of salmon and some touches of light pink on the edges.

Floribunda roses can be used to create beautiful small hedges, planted mixed along the edge of a terrace or in small shrub beds. They can be paired with abelias, nandinas, or caryopteris, for example. They are good companions for paniculate phlox and tall gypsophila. The modest size and vigour of 'Pomponella' makes it an interesting variety for ground cover or for cultivation in large pots.