Bad Birnbach ® – pharmaROSA® NEONATAL rooted cutting
Floribunda production with Bad Birnbach ® gives You a compact, bushy, award-backed option for reliable bedding and groundcover schemes where stable own-root material underpins capacity planning. This semi-double, cluster-flowering cultivar delivers warm salmon-pink colour in continuous waves, well suited to standard-container lines in 2–3 L for retail and reseller routes. Its H7-rated winter hardiness and tested performance across demanding public-realm settings provide confidence for UK nursery networks, even where winter and wind tolerance are key in northern regions. With good heat tolerance, moderate disease resistance and medium maintenance needs, it supports predictable turns in propagation beds and container systems, building homogeneous own-root stands that regenerate strongly and reduce replacement over time. As plants move from first-year root establishment through second-year structural build-up into third-year full ornamental value, Bad Birnbach ® offers a robust base for thematic rose gardens and collection-led projects. Its semi-double flowers with accessible stamens add partial pollinator interest to professional projects, aligning reliable garden performance with modern landscape and municipal specifications.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- 2–3 L Floribunda Bedding Line – Compact, bushy habit and ADR-backed reliability positioned as a standard finished product in 2–3 L containers, ideal for colour-strong retail benches with predictable turns – target audience/channel: garden centre and DIY retail via nursery wholesalers
- Groundcover Urban Mix – Own-root durability, low height and dense foliage combined as a groundcover assortment for parks and urban green spaces in standard container sizes – target audience/channel: landscape wholesalers supplying municipal and contractor frameworks
- ADR Collection Feature Block – Award-winning status and reliable garden performance presented in uniform 2–3 L stock as part of curated ADR or climate-resilient rose collections – target audience/channel: specialist nurseries and show gardens
- Heat-Tolerant City Bed Rose – Good heat tolerance and moderate disease resistance positioned as a dependable bedding rose for exposed city sites, supplied from own-root NEONATAL propagation into standard container formats – target audience/channel: public-realm specifiers and framework contractors
- Pollinator-Friendly Floribunda Accent – Semi-double clusters with accessible stamens and compact bedding form marketed as a subtle pollinator-supporting option within broader rose ranges – target audience/channel: multiple retailers and sustainability-focused plant brands
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Floribunda bed rose marketed as Bad Birnbach ®, registered as KORpancom, ARS exhibition name Bad Birnbach; part of the Kordes' Klima-Rosen® collection for bedding and park use. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by Reimer Kordes (W. Kordes’ Söhne, Germany) from ‘Weisse Immensee’ × ‘Bella Rosa’; bred 1983, protected 1998 (ROS 1808), introduced commercially in 1999. |
| Awards and recognition |
Recognised with Madrid silver medal (1999), ADR Award (2000) and Australian Certificate of Merit (2001), underpinning its use as a reliable, proven garden and landscape cultivar. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Compact, bushy shrub 40–60 cm in height and spread, with dense, glossy dark green foliage and moderate prickliness, giving a low, even bedding structure suited to edging and groundcover. |
| Flower morphology |
Semi-double, medium-sized cluster-flowered blooms (13–25 petals, 1.5–2.75 in) with flat form; remontant with a notably abundant second flowering flush, supporting long seasonal display. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Moderately saturated salmon-pink flowers (RHS 38C–38D), from vivid salmon-pink buds through pastel, cream-salmon tones, gradually fading at the edges; colour may lighten in strong sun or deepen in cool. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Fragrance very weak and barely noticeable; no detailed scent profile available, making it primarily a visual and structural bedding and groundcover rose rather than a fragrance-led cultivar. |
| Hip characteristics |
Forms a moderate quantity of small, spherical red hips, around 6–10 mm diameter, contributing light seasonal interest and potential wildlife value where hips are left to develop. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Rated H7, hardy around –26 to –23 °C, USDA 5b and Swedish Zone 4; moderate resistance to powdery mildew, black spot and rust, with medium maintenance and occasional plant protection needs. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Recommended for flower beds, parks, urban green spaces, containers and groundcover edging; standard container route in 2–3 L pots from bush-trained, compact plants; self-cleaning behaviour not provided. |
Bad Birnbach ® combines compact floribunda bedding performance, ADR-backed reliability and heat-tolerant hardiness with long-lived, predictable own-root stands, making it a sound candidate for aligning volumes and scheduling in your next production plan.
