Best Dad™ hybrid tea rose – pharmaROSA® NEONATAL rooted cutting
Premium own-root Best Dad™ offers colour-stable, high-centred blooms and uniform quality for nursery propagation beds and premium container production. Its upright habit, dense foliage and medium maintenance profile suit professional workflows targeting 5–7 litre pots and exclusive finished stock for retail and reseller partners. With repeat-flowering, cut-flower-grade form and excellent red retention, it supports thematic rose collections and specimen plantings in UK projects, including sites exposed to cold winter and wind conditions in northern regions. As an own-root NEONATAL tray-grown cutting, it underpins predictable scaling: roots consolidating in year one, structural shoots in year two and full ornamental value from year three, helping You plan homogeneous, low-replacement stands and reliable capacity.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- Premium 5–7 L specimen line – Upright, dense plants finished in 5–7 litre containers from NEONATAL own-root stock, emphasising exclusive flower quality and classic hybrid tea form – target audience/channel: specialist garden centres and premium resellers
- Cut-style garden hybrid tea range – Bush-trained own-root plants promoted for garden cutting, using the solitary, high-centred blooms and repeat flowering, supplied as premium 5–7 litre containers – target audience/channel: retail ranges for keen amateur exhibitors
- Red hybrid tea collection series – Curated set of named red hybrid teas where Best Dad™ provides stable, non-fading colour and cultivar authenticity, propagated in NEONATAL beds then potted on – target audience/channel: nurseries serving thematic and show gardens
- Cold-region exclusive rose offer – Position Best Dad™ within a hardy, own-root premium container portfolio, leveraging its H7 hardiness and regenerative root system for reliable post-winter performance – target audience/channel: regional distributors in cooler UK zones
- Demonstration and display bed supply – Use NEONATAL stock to produce uniform bushes for show and trial beds that highlight flower form and colour stability, then lift selected plants into 5–7 litre sale units – target audience/channel: nurseries supporting branded retail campaigns
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Hybrid tea rose marketed as Best Dad™ Hybrid tea rose RAW1064, with registered cultivar name RAW1064 and verified authenticity for professional use; commercial type and group both classified as hybrid tea rose. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by Ronnie Rawlins in the United Kingdom, breeding year 2016; initial distribution via Style Roses (United Kingdom), with parentage and formal registration year not provided or not available in current records. |
| Awards and recognition |
No specific collector recommendations, competition awards, horticultural ratings or global distinctions are currently documented; awards and recognition data are not provided for this cultivar at present. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Upright habit reaching approximately 85–115 cm in height with 50–70 cm spread, moderately thorny canes and dense, slightly glossy foliage that emerges dark red before maturing to olive-green; self-cleaning performance not provided. |
| Flower morphology |
Double, 26–39 petalled, large-sized blooms in solitary inflorescences, exhibiting classic high-centred, pointed-budded hybrid tea form; good repeat-flowering habit with an abundant second flush suited to extended ornamental and cutting use. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Pure, vivid red flowers with glossy, unshaded petal surfaces; ARS colour code MR, RHS 53A outer and 53B inner, maintaining excellent colour retention with only slight matting at the margins and minimal visible fading across the bloom stage. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Fragrance is discreet and delicately rosy, with very weak intensity only noticeable at close proximity; primarily grown for visual and cut-flower quality rather than for strong scent or aromatic applications in soaps or cosmetic products. |
| Hip characteristics |
Hip set is generally limited due to the fully double flower form; where present, hips are ovoid, egg-shaped and orange-red, typically measuring around 12–18 mm in diameter and contributing only marginally to the plant’s ornamental effect. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Medium resistance to powdery mildew, black spot and rust, with corresponding medium maintenance needs; winter hardiness rated to approximately -21 – -18 °C, RHS H7, Swedish Zone 3 and USDA Zone 6b, with no specific heat or drought data provided. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Recommended for flower beds, specimen and container use and garden cut production; medium maintenance with occasional plant protection; supplied bush-trained with 3–5 framework canes, ideally finished through a premium container route in 5–7 litre pots. |
Best Dad™ Hybrid tea rose RAW1064 combines colour-stable hybrid tea blooms, upright, dense structure and own-root longevity for predictable, low-replacement stands; please contact us to align on volumes, scheduling and integration into your programmes.
