Claire Marshall Masterpiece Collection® HARunite – pharmaROSA® NEONATAL rooted cutting
Claire Marshall offers a compact floribunda platform for professional production where uniform bush habit and dense, glossy foliage translate into predictable bench performance and tidy, marketable plants. The very double, cluster-flowering, remontant blooms combine a large flower size with a strong fragrance, supporting both bedding and occasion cut-stem concepts from the same crop. Mauve-toned, colour-rich blooms with a refined silver-mauve fade align well with thematic and collection planting, while its hardiness rating to H7 and USDA 6b provides security for UK-wide nursery and field systems exposed to cold and wind. Medium-maintenance, reliable garden performance suits a standard finished-product route in 2–3 L containers for retail/reseller channels. As own-root pharmaROSA® NEONATAL material, this cultivar offers renewable growth and regeneration capacity, supporting long-lived, stable stands, low replacement rates and predictable wholesale volumes, with ornamental value typically consolidating from roots in year one, canopy structure in year two and full visual impact by year three. Within nursery and public-realm supply chains, its versatile specification works well where reliable garden performance and consistent branding in a Masterpiece Collection® context are required.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- Masterpiece 3L Bedding Line – compact, bush-trained 2–3 L containers highlighting mauve colour range and reliable garden performance as a standard finished product line – target: garden centres and retail chains.
- Fragrance Feature Collection Pot – selected 2–3 L plants with strong, long-lasting scent and abundant, very double blooms grouped as a fragrance-led bench feature – target: independent nurseries and destination retail.
- Dual-Purpose Patio & Cut Block – 2–3 L patio-ready stock underpinned by a small 40–50 litre mother-plant block, enabling both retail plants and occasional cut stems from the same cultivar – target: nurseries servicing local florists and shops.
- Public-Realm Ready Container Spec – stepped-up containers from 2–3 L to 40–50 litres using hardy, medium-resistance plants for reliable performance in institutional and municipal projects – target: landscape contractors and public-realm suppliers.
- Curated Mauve Collection Branding – Claire Marshall positioned as the mauve, strongly scented component within a named Masterpiece Collection® set, all supplied in standard 2–3 L pots – target: brand-focused wholesalers and multiple retailers.
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Floribunda bed rose registered as HARunite, marketed as Claire Marshall Masterpiece Collection® HARunite; exhibition category bush rose and occasion cut flower; collection Masterpiece Collection®. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by Philip Harkness, R Harkness & Co Ltd (Harkness Roses), United Kingdom, 2010; introduced by Harkness Roses in 2012, registration year 2011; parentage recorded as unknown. |
| Awards and recognition |
Not provided |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Bushy, compact floribunda habit with 65–95 cm height and 55–85 cm spread; dense, dark green, glossy foliage; moderately thorny shoots; self-cleaning performance and intensity data not provided. |
| Flower morphology |
Large-flowered, very double blooms with 40+ petals, cup-shaped form; cluster-flowered inflorescences; remontant, with a second flush that is also abundant, supporting season-long ornamental display. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Rich mauve base with delicate lilac tint; buds deep mauve with darker crimson rim; opens vivid fuchsia with silvery-lilac sheen, then uniform violaceous-mauve, finally fading to pastel silver-mauve; ARS m, RHS 71B, 75A. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Strong, long-lasting scented rose; specific fragrance character and note profile not provided; very double flowers limit staminal access, so fragrance is primarily ornamental rather than pollinator-support orientated. |
| Hip characteristics |
Occasionally forms small, spherical red hips, approximately 7–11 mm in diameter; hips are not a dominant ornamental feature but may appear sporadically on well-established plants after flowering. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Medium disease resistance, with medium response to powdery mildew, black spot and rust; hardiness -21 to -18 °C, RHS H7, Swedish zone 3, USDA 6b; moderate heat and drought tolerance, needing regular watering in dry spells. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Primary uses include flower bed, container, cut flower and specimen roles; medium maintenance with occasional plant protection; recommended as a bush-trained compact plant in standard containers, target pot size 2–3 litres. |
Claire Marshall Masterpiece Collection® HARunite combines compact, floribunda bedding performance, strong fragrance and reliable hardiness on a predictable own-root base that supports long-lived, regenerating stock; we would welcome a discussion to align capacities and scheduling.
