Dolce Vita® Bedding rose DELcentoran – pharmaROSA® NEONATAL
Dolce Vita® DELcentoran offers compact, floribunda performance on an own-root NEONATAL base, well suited to UK nursery systems needing reliable, medium-maintenance bedding roses for scalable production. The dense, dark-green foliage, remontant flowering habit and full, cup-shaped blooms support a standard 2–3 L container route with predictable scheduling and repeatable crop timing. With H7 hardiness and suitability for flower beds, borders and containers, it integrates smoothly into nationwide programmes supplying thematic rose gardens and reliable retail blocks, even where winters are cold and winds are persistent along exposed routes. Own-root material underpins long-term regeneration, homogeneous stands and low replacement, fitting nursery propagation beds and container grow-on through to 40–50 litre landscape specimens where a stable shrub framework and longevity are required. Planned as a professional propagation base, the NEONATAL stage supports Year 1 root establishment, Year 2 structural shoot build-up and Year 3 full ornamental value, enabling you to align finished-product volumes, capacity and release windows across your wholesale rose offer.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- Premium 2–3 L bedding floribunda – Compact, dense foliage and remontant flowering in 2–3 L standard containers, positioned as a reliable garden-performance bedding floribunda within shrub rose benches – target audience/channel: retail / reseller chains.
- Colour-transition border feature – Warm yellow–orange to peach–cream colour shift showcased in coordinated border blocks grown from NEONATAL bush-trained starts, emphasising dependable repeat colour for landscape and collection projects – target audience/channel: public-realm suppliers.
- Patio and terrace container rose – Compact own-root plants stepped from 2–3 L to 40–50 litre containers, highlighting longevity, regeneration and medium maintenance for high-impact patio groupings – target audience/channel: container-focused nurseries.
- Remontant cut-and-garden line – Bed rose blocks managed for both garden display and occasional fragrant cuts, using own-root stability to support repeated harvesting and long-term shrub form – target audience/channel: local wholesalers and farm shops.
- Thematic Delbard collection unit – Dolce Vita® integrated into breeder-branded or colour-themed ranges, produced from uniform NEONATAL material to secure identity, structural consistency and sustainable collection renewal – target audience/channel: show gardens and specialist nurseries.
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Dolce Vita® Bedding rose DELcentoran, floribunda bedding rose, bed rose group, registered cultivar name DELcentoran, meaning “sweet life” from Italian, collection category bedding rose, shrub rose; flower bed. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by Georges Delbard, France, breeding and registration in 2012, parentage unknown; introduced by Georges Delbard SA (France), representing contemporary French floribunda breeding for bedding and shrub use. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Compact, bush-trained shrub, 50–70 cm high with 40–60 cm spread, dense, glossy dark-green foliage, moderately thorny; no data on self-cleaning strength, suited to structured bedding and border plantings. |
| Flower morphology |
Full, cup-shaped floribunda blooms, 26–39 petals, large size (2.75–3.95 in), borne in clusters; remontant with an abundant second flowering, providing sustained ornamental effect across the season. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Warm yellow-orange with peach tones; buds creamy yellow with pink‑orange stripes, rich golden-yellow–orange when opening, then medium orange–peach, fading to pastel peach-cream; ARS OB, RHS 23A outer, 25A inner, moderate colour retention. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Medium-strength, softly sweet aroma characteristic of garden roses, contributing to added value in borders, bedding schemes and occasional cut-flower use without overpowering adjacent plantings or mixed displays. |
| Hip characteristics |
Spherical orange-red hips, approximately 8–12 mm diameter, produced in moderate quantities, offering additional late-season ornamental interest and seed-set where beds are not deadheaded rigorously. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Hardy to around -21 to -18 °C (RHS H7, Swedish Zone 3, USDA 6b); moderate resistance to powdery mildew, black spot and rust; medium maintenance profile with occasional plant protection recommended in production and landscape use. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Primary uses: flower beds, borders, containers, cut flower side use; recommended as a standard container product in 2–3 L pots, bush-trained and compact, with medium maintenance and occasional plant protection for best results. |
Dolce Vita® Bedding rose DELcentoran combines compact, remontant floribunda display, cold-hardiness and medium maintenance on a predictable, long-lived own-root base, making it a practical option for aligned capacity planning and schedule discussions with your team.
