Rosa Pullman Orient Express 'Baipeace' - Standard Rose

The Pullman Orient Express Standard Rose, with its tree-like silhouette, has many qualities to attract enthusiasts of unusual but easy-to-grow plants. With its enormous bicoloured flowers, the unlikely combination of pink and yellow captures attention in the garden. The modern double roses are elegantly shaped, with a canary yellow centre surrounded by wide petals edged in pink, varying in intensity and sometimes tinged with salmon, more pronounced towards the edge of the corolla. The flowering, slightly fragrant, occurs from June to October, on healthy and harmonious foliage, perfect for showcasing in the garden or on the patio.

Standard roses are obtained by grafting a variety (in this case the Pullman Orient Express bush rose) onto a single, vertical stem belonging to a different rose (Rosa canina, R. laxa or R. multiflora), with the graft being made at a height of 90 - 100 cm (35 - 39in) from the ground. In very cold regions, it may be useful to protect the rootstock in winter.

'Pullman Orient Express 'Baipeace' is a modern variety related to hybrid tea roses, introduced in France in 2002 by Meilland. At first glance, its rose displays the characteristics of the famous variety 'Mme A. Meilland' ('Peace'). The awards received by this rose are prestigious: the AARS* in the USA in 2002, the Rose d'Or in Baden-Baden, as well as a very high distinction in England (A.G.M).

Grafted onto a stem, it presents a characteristic habit, with a slender and upright 'trunk' topped by a rounded, bushy, well-balanced crown. Its sturdy and thorny branches bear elegant foliage, semi-matte, dark green, and less prone to diseases. Throughout the summer, if care is taken to remove faded flowers, its enormous compound flowers with 45 petals, measuring 14 cm (6in) in diameter, open in perfectly formed cups. They are solitary, at the tips of long shoots from the current year or emerging from 2-year-old stems. The repeat-flowering is also distinguished by a light but pleasant, fruity and fresh fragrance of tea rose. The plant is devoid of foliage in winter.

* The highest award granted by the A.R.S: American Rose Society

This Pullman Orient Express Standard Rose is ideal as a specimen plant in a well-maintained small garden, in the centre of a flowerbed, along a pathway, or in a strategic location in the garden. It can also be planted in a large planter to adorn a balcony or patio. Its rich colour can be challenging to match. For example, it can be paired with white or orange Phlox paniculata, as well as with the dark foliage of boxwoods, creeping cotoneasters, or variegated yellow ivy, or even with the tall spikes of Baptisia Starlite Prairieblues.  Its cut flowers are perfect for bouquets.