ANGELA® – pink park rose – KORday (Heckenzauber® Collection)
ANGELA® offers reliable own-root propagation material for nurseries building medium-height, bushy park and bed roses with remontant flowering and dense, dark green foliage. The medium-sized, cluster-flowered, semi-double blooms bring sustained colour impact in deep pink shades, lightening to pastel tones that suit urban and park-scale plantings where a tidy self-cleaning habit supports efficient maintenance. Its good heat and moderate drought tolerance helps maintain displays in public and private landscapes across the UK, even where summers are warmer and drier than average in a way that supports consistent landscape performance across regions exposed to heat and wind. Own-root production delivers a long-lived, regenerating base plant, aligning well with standard container routes and 2–3 L finished pots targeting retail/reseller channels that prioritise dependable garden performance. With ADR-backed landscape credibility, flexible use for beds, hedges and urban green spaces, and the stability needed for thematic rose gardens and collection projects, ANGELA® integrates smoothly into high-volume nursery workflows and longer-term stock planning systems.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- 2–3 L ANGELA® park-bed line – Standard container, bush-trained plants with bushy habit and remontant clusters, positioned as reliable garden performance in pink for main-season retail – garden centre and DIY chains.
- Landscape hedge module – ANGELA® grouped in multi-unit 2–3 L sets for flowering hedges, leveraging height, dense foliage and own-root longevity – project-focused retailers and landscape installers.
- Urban pink shrub mix – ANGELA® integrated into curated multi-cultivar shrub assortments, highlighting heat tolerance, moderate maintenance and cluster-flowered bed impact – wholesalers serving municipal and housing-association schemes.
- Thematic collection feature – Individually labelled ANGELA® from the Heckenzauber® collection, foregrounding ADR and award credentials for show gardens and collection beds – specialist nurseries and curated-collection resellers.
- Pollinator-accent rose bed kit – ANGELA® as a semi-double, partially pollinator-friendly component within ready-to-plant bed concepts, combined with standard containers and clear care guidance – concept-driven retail and online assortments.
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Shrub/park rose, registered as KORday, marketed as ANGELA® / Heckenzauber®; exhibition floribunda–shrub type with ARS exhibition name Angela, assigned to the Heckenzauber® collection. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by Reimer Kordes at W. Kordes’ Söhne, Germany, from ‘Yesterday’ × ‘Peter Frankenfeld’; bred, introduced and registered in 1984, initially distributed by W. Kordes’ Söhne. |
| Awards and recognition |
ADR Germany 1982; Vermeil medal Orléans 1986; Silver medal Courtrai 1986; Belfast International Rose Show Certificate 1987; Bagatelle Landscape Rose Certificate of Merit 1988; AJJH Prix de la Rose. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Bushy, park-type shrub, 120–170 cm high and 80–130 cm spread, slightly thorny shoots with dense, dark green glossy foliage (RHS 139A); medium self-cleaning, most spent blooms shed naturally. |
| Flower morphology |
Small (0.5–1.5 in) semi-double, 13–25 petal cup-shaped blooms in clusters; remontant with abundant second flush, providing extended seasonal flower presence suitable for beds and landscape use. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Vibrant deep pink with subtle purplish hue; buds dark mauve-pink with violet tone, flowers bright cyclamen-pink, then pastel silvery-pink as they fade; ARS code dp, RHS 65C outer, 65D inner petals. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Mild, subtle, fruity-rose fragrance; semi-double, open flowers expose stamens, giving partial pollinator appeal while maintaining decorative cluster effect in landscape and retail contexts. |
| Hip characteristics |
Moderate orange-red hip set; ellipsoidal hips 8–13 mm diameter, contributing additional late-season interest without materially complicating routine maintenance in landscape plantings. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
H7 hardy to approximately -26 to -23 °C; Swedish Zone 4, USDA 5b. Good heat tolerance and moderate drought resilience with irrigation in prolonged dry spells; medium disease resistance, strong to powdery mildew. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Primary uses: flower beds, parks, specimen, hedges, urban spaces. Bush-trained compact form recommended for standard container production, 2–3 L target pot; moderate maintenance with regular pruning, feeding and monitoring. |
ANGELA® combines bushy park-shrub structure, remontant cluster flowering and ADR-backed reliability with own-root predictability and regeneration; please contact us to align on volumes, timings and integration into your rose programme.
