Abracadabra ® Fantasia® – KORamsaro – pharmaROSA® NEONATAL rooted cutting
Colour contrast and pattern novelty make Abracadabra ® Fantasia® an efficient choice where You need a visually distinctive floribunda for reliable, repeat-flowering beds and retail-ready shrub displays from a compact, bush-trained habit in 2–3 L standard containers. Own-root pharmaROSA® NEONATAL material supports predictable development for nursery workflows, with year one rooting, year two structural build-up and year three delivering full ornamental impact, providing a stable base for collection and project supply. The semi-double, clustered blooms and glossy, dark green foliage translate well into uniform production batches, while moderate disease tolerance and H7-rated winter hardiness help support consistent output under typical UK nursery conditions, including sites where wind and winter exposure are regular considerations. Reliable, remontant flowering performance underpins its positioning as a standard finished product for retail and reseller channels seeking dependable garden performance.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- Striped Bedding Floribunda 3 L – Core 2–3 L standard container SKU highlighting the stable red–yellow striping and large, clustered blooms; suited to main-season floribunda benches promising reliable garden performance – retail / reseller channels.
- Compact Feature Tub 40 L – One-plant feature containers in 40–50 L pots, using the bushy habit, remontant flowering and glossy foliage to create repeat-interest patio or entrance pieces – garden-centre and landscape contractor supply.
- Colour-Impact Park Edging Line – Massed plantings from own-root propagation beds, using winter hardiness and cluster flowering to edge paths and beds in public parks and show gardens – public-realm and municipal frameworks.
- Collection Highlight for Thematic Gardens – Inclusion in named cultivar collections, using the distinctive colour pattern and ornamental hips for extended-season interest within curated Fantasia® or floribunda ranges – thematic and show-garden projects.
- Cut-and-Garden Dual-Purpose Bush – Shrub-form plants in 3 L containers positioned for both garden use and casual cutting, combining large semi-double flowers and bush-trained structure – independent nurseries and speciality rosarians.
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Floribunda bed rose marketed as Abracadabra ® Fantasia® with registered name KORamsaro; American Rose Society exhibition name Abracadabra; exhibition category shrub rose, garden ornamental. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by W. Kordes & Sons in Germany, breeding year 2004; parentage not provided; initially distributed by W. Kordes’ Söhne with broader introduction to the market from 2014 onward. |
| Awards and recognition |
Not provided. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Bushy, upright habit reaching around 80–110 cm in height with 50–80 cm spread; dense, glossy dark-green foliage; moderately thorny shoots; self-cleaning is weak, so spent flowers usually require manual removal. |
| Flower morphology |
Semi-double, cupped flowers with around 13–25 petals, produced mainly in clusters; large individual blooms, approximately 2.75–3.95 inches, with remontant habit and an abundant second flowering flush under good culture. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Deep carmine-red petal ground overlaid with lemon-yellow streaks; ARS code rb, RHS 187A outer and 10B inner; colour holds well, only moderately lightening in strong sun while maintaining a striking striped, raspberry to cream effect. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Fragrance is very weak, only barely noticeable, with a delicate, classic rose character; semi-double, 13–25 petal flowers are moderately attractive to pollinators due to partially obscured stamens reducing nectar and pollen access. |
| Hip characteristics |
Moderately abundant, small spherical rose hips about 6–10 mm in diameter; orange-red colour extends ornamental effect into late season, useful where hips are valued for visual interest rather than for harvest. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Moderate disease resistance, with medium tolerance to powdery mildew, black spot and rust; hardy to about -21 to -18 °C, corresponding to RHS H7 and roughly USDA zone 6b, suitable for many UK nursery and landscape situations. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Recommended for flower beds, edging, solitary shrub use, cut flowers and park plantings; medium maintenance requirement and occasional plant protection; best routed through standard container production, typically in 2–3 litre pots. |
Abracadabra ® Fantasia® KORamsaro offers distinctive striped colour, remontant flowering and robust winter hardiness on a predictable own-root base, supporting homogeneous, long-lived stock stands; please contact us to discuss scheduling and capacity for your programmes.
