AMELIA ™ – peach-pink nostalgia rose - Olesen & Olesen
Romantic own-root propagation of AMELIA supports premium, exclusive shrub rose production where uniform, tray-rooted material is essential for reliable scheduling and stock planning, including projects in cooler regions where winter and wind resilience remain important across multi-year planting schemes. With nostalgia flower form, strong, long-lasting fragrance and a bushy, densely foliated habit, it is well suited to 5–7 L containers, building towards high-impact beds and courtyard plantings. As a pharmaROSA® NEONATAL rooted cutting, AMELIA offers a stable own-root base that matures progressively in professional systems – roots establishing in year one, structural framework in year two and full ornamental expression in year three – enabling nurseries and integrators to plan premium stock and maintain collection integrity in thematic rose gardens.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- Premium 5–7 L romantic shrub – Own-root, bush-trained AMELIA in 5–7 L pots highlighting nostalgic flower form and strong fragrance, positioned as an exclusive finished product for retail / reseller premium shrub benches.
- Courtyard fragrance feature – Scent-focused 5–7 L container line built on dense foliage and remontant flowering, marketed as a courtyard and patio solution through garden-centric retail / reseller channels.
- Thematic Renaissance® collection unit – Curated Renaissance®-labelled shrub item using NEONATAL material to ensure cultivar authenticity and structural consistency, offered to specialist nurseries assembling romantic rose collections.
- Large-specimen urban shrub (40–50 L) – Upscaled own-root plants grown from 5–7 L through to 40–50 L containers, utilising the tall, bushy habit for immediate-effect courtyard and flowerbed planting supplied to landscape contractors.
- Cut-and-display shrub concept – Container-grown shrubs selected for large, cup-shaped, fragrant blooms, enabling seasonal cutting while retaining ornamental value, targeted to boutique wholesalers and high-end garden centres.
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Shrub rose from the Renaissance collection, registered as POUlen011 and marketed as AMELIA ™ Renaissance; ARS exhibition name Amelia Renaissance supports consistent trade identification. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred in Denmark in 2002 by L. Pernille and Mogens Nyegaard Olesen of Poulsen Roser A/S, introduced after 2004 from an unknown seedling crossed with 'Clair Renaissance'. |
| Awards and recognition |
No competition, collector or lifetime awards are currently recorded for this cultivar; selection is based on breeding background and horticultural assessment rather than formal prize lists. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Bushy shrub habit reaching approximately 120–180 cm in height and 75–125 cm spread, with dense, glossy dark green foliage and moderate prickliness; self-cleaning performance has not been documented. |
| Flower morphology |
Semi-double, cup-shaped flowers with around 13–25 petals, large bloom size on clustered inflorescences and remontant flowering pattern that includes a notably abundant second flush in season. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Soft peach-pink flowers with coral tones; buds open warm mandarin-peach, then soften through apricot-cream to powder pink, with overall colour fading relatively quickly to a gentler pink appearance. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Strong, long-lasting fragrance with a peachy, fruity character; primarily ornamental rather than pollinator-oriented due to the semi-double form and reduced accessibility of stamens for insects. |
| Hip characteristics |
Rose hips are not typical but may occasionally form as small ellipsoid, orange-red fruits around 12–18 mm in diameter, with limited significance for most production uses. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Medium disease resistance to powdery mildew, black spot and rust; hardy to around -21 to -18 °C (H7, Swedish zone 3), prefers moist, free-draining soil and supplemental watering in prolonged dry spells. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Suitable for flowerbeds, cut use, courtyards and urban green space; medium maintenance with occasional plant protection, released as bush-trained plants with 3–5 framework canes for premium container production. |
AMELIA ™ Renaissance® POUlen011 offers a fragrant, bushy romantic shrub on a predictable own-root base, supporting premium container routes and long-lived, stable stands; please contact us to discuss volumes, scheduling and integration into your range.
