Groundcover

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Escimo®

Heckenzauber®

KORmifari – Wilhelm Kordes III.

Uniform, pure snow-white shade with a slight creamy glow toward the centre of the petals. - groundcover rose - very weak, barely noticeable scented rose - classic, rosy character

– Compact, bushy habit for neat groundcover.
– Snow‑white blooms with gentle creamy centres.
– Reliable repeat flowering through the season.
– Glossy dark foliage for strong contrast effect.
– Award‑winning performance, ADR and RHS AGM.
– Special feature: Ideal for large‑scale, uniform landscape plantings. Fast to cover beds and slopes.
Project (landscape architecture / mass use)
Escimo®
pharmaROSA® NEONATAL rooted rose cutting
28,30 £
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ESCIMO® – white groundcover rose – pharmaROSA® NEONATAL rooted cutting

Escimo® in pharmaROSA® NEONATAL form provides a reliable own‑root base for professional project production where rapid ground coverage and visual uniformity are critical. This bushy, spreading, groundcover‑type shrub rose supports efficient mass planting routes with 1.5–2 L nursery stock that can be batch‑finished into dense, bush‑trained material for high‑turnover project lines. Its compact 60–100 cm habit and 80–140 cm spread enable uniform edging and park bed schemes that read cleanly at landscape scale, while good self‑cleaning keeps maintenance within medium, manageable levels for UK contractor reality. Own‑root vigour underpins low replacement and predictable capacity, moving from rooted base in year one through structural shoot build‑up in year two to full ornamental effect in year three. Bright snow‑white, double, cluster flowers deliver coherent theming in dedicated rose gardens and public‑realm designs, with a colour that remains stable as it fades to matte white. Across nursery networks and project‑serving wholesalers, this cultivar can form a scalable platform for groundcover assortments, supporting reliable supply into landscape contractor and municipal channels in conditions often demanding winter and wind tolerance in northern UK regions. Escimo® offers predictable quality for long‑term stock lines, and its balanced disease and hardiness profile keeps it manageable within standard integrated maintenance programmes.


Usage options

Target area Reasoning
Project mass planting beds in urban green space The groundcover shrub habit with 60–100 cm height and 80–140 cm spread supports dense, uniform coverage for project mass planting, aligning with the recommended project route and 1.5–2 L target pot. Uniform, dense, bush‑trained finished material translates well into large municipal and institutional beds where fast canopy closure reduces weed pressure. Own‑root form provides renewable, long‑lived stands, giving predictable capacity for long‑term framework planting for landscape contractor and project-serving wholesaler supply.
Edging and path‑side framing in parks The compact bushy, spreading habit and small, double, clustered flowers create a stable, low visual hedge line suitable for edging applications. Using pharmaROSA® NEONATAL rooted cuttings, growers can raise homogeneous 1.5–2 L units and finish them as dense bushes, ideal for repeatable edging modules. Medium maintenance and moderate disease resistance stay compatible with routine park maintenance, supporting project positioning focused on fast coverage and uniformity for park-focused nursery and public-realm partners.
Thematic white rose collections and show gardens The uniform, snow‑white bloom with subtle creamy glow offers clean colour theming for dedicated rose gardens and curated white collections. The recommended dense, bush‑trained finished product from small pots allows tight planting grids, achieving visual continuity in showcase beds. Own‑root stability helps maintain cultivar identity over time, an advantage for collection plantings and thematic displays in line with project‑grade, high‑coverage specifications for thematic garden and show-collection suppliers.
Large‑scale container production for project stock Starting from tray‑rooted pharmaROSA® NEONATAL material, Escimo® can be batch‑grown via 1.5–2 L stages into larger, landscape‑ready containers, including 40–50 L units where projects require instant effect. The bushy, spreading structure adapts well to container framing, producing uniform canopies above the pot. Own‑root resilience and hardiness to around -23–-21 °C support reliable over‑wintering of stock, fitting continuous wholesale supply programmes for container-focused nurseries and project wholesalers.
Public‑realm rose beds with controlled maintenance Good self‑cleaning, where most spent blooms drop naturally, helps keep visual standards acceptable with medium, not intensive, maintenance. In project mass plantings or urban green space beds, this trait reduces deadheading needs while preserving a tidy surface. Combined with moderate disease resistance and a uniform, dense finished form, it suits contract specifications balancing appearance and labour budgets for municipal maintenance contractors and framework suppliers.
Exposed landscape sites requiring winter reliability With hardiness rated to H7 and Swedish zone 3, Escimo® supports exposed planting schemes where consistent winter survival is a procurement concern. Using pharmaROSA® NEONATAL own‑root cuttings, nurseries can build resilient field or container stock that tolerates project logistics and site establishment. This underpins dependable roll‑out into schemes across colder, wind‑affected regions while maintaining the fast‑coverage, uniformity promise for regional landscape and infrastructure planting partners.
Gene‑bank style cultivar maintenance and stock blocks Own‑root Escimo® offers stable, long‑term identity for mother blocks and cultivar maintenance beds supporting project mass‑planting orders. Its bushy, spreading habit and moderate vigour give predictable propagation performance from a pharmaROSA® NEONATAL base, easing planning of cutting rounds and batch sizes. This suits nurseries maintaining consistent white groundcover lines as part of a broader own‑root collection for integrator nurseries and collection-focused wholesalers.
High‑impact, high‑visibility park focal beds The bright, pure white, double clusters provide strong visual impact in focal beds, especially when planted at project density from uniform, dense, bush‑trained material. The colour holds well as it fades to matte white, keeping a clean appearance over the flowering phase, with remontant performance offering a substantial second flush. Suitable for large park or civic entrance beds where reliable coverage and consistent presentation are expected by specification-led landscape and civic project buyers.

Finished-product ideas

  • Project Groundcover Unit – 1.5–2 L own‑root Escimo® finished as dense, bush‑trained groundcover modules for rapid bed establishment, aligned to project mass planting specifications – landscape contractor and framework wholesaler lines
  • White Edging Line – compact 2 L containers selected for even 60–80 cm height, targeted at edging and path‑side schemes where uniform snow‑white colour and self‑cleaning ease routine upkeep – park and estate management suppliers
  • XL Project Container – 40–50 L tubs built from NEONATAL starts, grown on to full spread for instant‑effect installations in high‑profile public‑realm beds, drawing on own‑root resilience – civic and commercial landscape installers
  • Collection Block Stock – systematically spaced field or bed stands from rooted cuttings, maintained as a stable, identity‑secure white groundcover source, supporting repeat project calls‑off – integrator nursery and hub‑wholesaler programmes
  • Thematic White Bed Rose – calibrated 2 L plants with uniform canopy and flower density supplied as a dedicated white series for show gardens and thematic rose collections – specialist collection nurseries and display garden partners

Technical cultivar profile
Name and registration Groundcover shrub rose from the Heckenzauber® collection, registered as KORmifari and marketed as Escimo® Heckenzauber® KORmifari, with ARS exhibition name Escimo® in professional trade.
Origin and breeding Bred by Wilhelm Kordes III in Germany (1991) and introduced by W. Kordes’ Söhne from 2006 onwards; parentage is not provided, but selection reflects Kordes landscape breeding aims.
Awards and recognition Holds ADR (2006), Gold Standard (2006) and RHS Award of Garden Merit (2012), plus multiple international gold medals and special prizes in major rose trials between 2005 and 2010.
Growth and structural characteristics Bushy, spreading growth to about 60–100 cm high and 80–140 cm spread, with dense, glossy dark green foliage, moderate prickliness and good natural shedding of spent blooms for tidy groundcover.
Flower morphology Small S‑size, flat, double blooms with 26–39 petals are carried in clusters, flowering remontantly with an abundant second flush that maintains coverage across the main season in mass plantings.
Colour data and phenology Uniform snow‑white flowers with a soft creamy glow at petal bases, coded ARS W and RHS NN155A/158C, opening creamy‑white then maturing to matte pure white with good overall colour retention.
Fragrance and aroma Fragrance is very weak, with a classic rosy character only barely noticeable, making this cultivar primarily a visual and structural groundcover element rather than a scent‑focused feature rose.
Hip characteristics Occasionally produces small, spherical red hips around 6–10 mm in diameter; hips are sporadic and ornamental only, with no specific production or wildlife utilisation emphasis indicated.
Resistance and winter hardiness Moderate resistance to powdery mildew, black spot and rust, combined with hardiness around -23 to -21 °C (RHS H7, Swedish zone 3, USDA 6a) supports robust landscape and nursery use in colder sites.
Horticultural recommendations Recommended for flower beds, parks, edging and urban green spaces, with medium maintenance and occasional pest control, best supplied as uniform, dense, bush‑trained units for project mass planting.

Escimo® Heckenzauber® KORmifari in pharmaROSA® NEONATAL form combines uniform groundcover performance, strong winter reliability and own-root longevity into predictable project stock; please contact us to align capacity, timing and assortment for your programmes.

Detailed product attributes

Product Identification Data

Product Name: ESCIMO® – white groundcover rose - Kordes
Product Type: pharmaROSA® NEONATAL - rooted rose cutting
Cultivar Authenticity: Verified:28.06.2025
Cultivar Quality Rating: premium bronze
Item Number: [226] 20-418 (14.02.2026) pharmarosaneonatal.co.uk

Name and Registration

Meaning of Cultivar Name: The word "Eskimó" refers to the snow-white flower colour.
Cultivar Synonym: Silver Ghost
Current Trade Name: Escimo® Heckenzauber® KORmifari
Rose Group: Ground cover, Shrub
Commercial Type: groundcover rose
Commercial Group: Ground cover
Exhibition Category: shrub rose
Collection: Heckenzauber®

Origin and Breeding

Initial Distributor: W. Kordes’ Söhne (Germany)
Registration Year: Data not available
Breeder: Wilhelm Kordes III.
Breeding Company / Institution: W. Kordes’ Söhne (Germany)
Breeding Year: Germany, 1991
Parentage: unknown

Awards and Honours

Horticultural Ratings and Recommendations: ADR (2006); Gold Standard (2006); RHS Award of Garden Merit (2012)
Competition and Show Awards: Gold Standard (2006) – gold medal; Barcelona (2005) – gold medal; Monza (2005) – gold medal; Rome (2005) – gold medal; Tokyo (2007) – special prize; Barcelona (2005) – silver medal; Baden‑Baden (2005) – Certificat de Mérite; Orléans (2010) – RHS Award of

Growth and Structural Characteristics

Height: 2-3.3ft (60-100 cm)
Spread: 2.6-4.6ft (80-140 cm)
Growth Habit: bushy, spreading
Foliage: The variety has dense foliage; its leaves have a glossy surface and a dark green hue.
Prickliness: moderately thorny
Self-Cleaning Description: Most spent blooms fall off naturally.
Self-Cleaning Intensity: Self-cleaning: good.

Flower Morphology

Petal Count: 26-39
Flower Fullness: double-flowered
Flower Shape: flat
Flower Size: S (0,5-1,5 in)
Inflorescence Type: clustered
Colour Code: ARS code: W RHS code: NN155A, 158C
Repeat Flowering: It is remontant, producing an abundant second flowering.

Colour Data and Phenology

Colour: white
Flower Colour Description: Uniform, pure snow-white shade with a slight creamy glow toward the centre of the petals.
Closed Bud: Cream-tinged whitish outer layer of petals, with fresh white tones at the tips.
Newly Opened Flower: Pure white petals with a subtle, soft creamy flush at their centre.
Full Bloom: Bright, uniform white surface with a softly blended creamy hue at the petal base.
Before Fading: Fading matte white, the creamy hue completely fades.
Colour Fading Description: As the bloom opens, the creamy tint gradually disappears and the brilliant white fades to a matte, pure white.

Fragrance and Aroma

Fragrance Strength: very weak, barely noticeable scented rose
Fragrance Character: classic, rosy character
Pollinator Attraction: According to the descriptions, its double (fully double) flower form and reduced stamen accessibility make it less attractive to pollinators.
Pollinator-Friendly Rating: Its double flowers partially obscure the stamens, making it primarily an ornamental variety.

Hip Characteristics

Hip Shape: spherical
Hip Colour: red
Hip Comment: Occasionally formed, 6–10 mm in diameter, spherical, red rose hip.

Resistance and Hardiness

Hardiness (°C): -23–-21 °C
Heat and Drought Tolerance Description: Moderately tolerant of heat and moderate drought.
Disease Resistance: moderate
  • powdery mildew – moderate
  • black spot – moderate
  • rust – moderate

Horticultural Recommendations

Recommended product path: Project mass planting
Release form: Uniform, dense, bush-trained finished product
Recommended use: Maintenance requirement medium; occasionally requires pest control.
Primary Uses: flower bed, park, edging, urban green space

Comments

Positioning: Project (landscape architecture / mass use)
Target customer/channel: Landscape contractor, project-serving wholesaler / maintenance
Main value proposition: Fast coverage – uniformity
ESCIMO® – white groundcover rose - Kordes
Uniform, pure snow-white shade with a slight creamy glow toward the centre of the petals. - groundcover rose - very weak, barely noticeable scented rose - classic, rosy character
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Which product type is right for you?


PharmaRosa® NEONATAL is the cost‑effective starting point for rose product production.

As a uniform, own‑rooted propagation material, it provides a stable basis for further growing-on and can be integrated flexibly into different finished product production technologies.
Rooted in trays (rooted), 3–6‑month‑old, own‑rooted rose cutting.
Uniform developmental stage, with a root system that has thoroughly penetrated the plug.
For professional growing‑on.
Tray packaging: 10 pcs/tray.
Quality and varietal identity: production supported by a dedicated identification and traceability logic.
Can be transplanted during frost‑free periods, designed for finished product production.

PharmaRosa® NEONATAL provides a controlled, uniform starting stock for planned growing‑on that can be integrated into your own technology – especially where scheduling and varietal identity are paramount.


PharmaRosa® NEONATAL own-rooted rose propagation material in a plug, with a root system penetrating the plug (semi-finished product / semi-finished rose). PharmaRosa® NEONATAL rose propagation material size: 3–6‑month‑old, own-rooted cutting with a uniform developmental stage. PharmaRosa® NEONATAL rose propagation material root system: plug densely penetrated by well-developed white roots (root system detail). PharmaRosa® NEONATAL tray stock: own-rooted rose propagation material in trays, uniform developmental stage (10 pcs/tray).

Captions (from left to right): Semi-finished product (NEONATAL own-rooted rose propagation material in a plug with a fully developed root system) • Size demonstration (3–6‑month‑old, uniform cutting) • Root system detail (plug penetrated by the root system) • Tray stock (10 pcs/tray, uniform developmental stage)

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