Génie Léonard® – EVEsorja rooted cuttings for professional production
Designed for nursery networks that need reliable, homogeneous propagation material, Génie Léonard® (EVEsorja) delivers a bushy, compact border shrub habit suited to 2–3 litre containers and standard finished-product lines. Its medium maintenance profile, remontant, double, medium-large blooms and fragrant character allow You to build premium yet predictable “reliable garden performance” offers for retail and reseller partners. Own-root tray cuttings support stable long-term production capacity with renewable growth and low replacement in propagation beds, contributing to dependable supply even in Scotland and North England where winter and wind pressures are higher. The dense, dark green, slightly glossy foliage, soft pastel-pink colour range and barely thorny stems make this cultivar efficient to handle in nurseries and attractive as a border shrub or specimen in thematic rose gardens and collections. Planned as pharmaROSA® NEONATAL material, it fits standard container routes, from young-plant propagation through to finished shrubs, aligning with professional wholesale-scale scheduling across UK institutional and retail supply chains, with roots establishing in year one, shoots building structure in year two, and full ornamental value from year three onward.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- Pastel 2–3 L border shrub – compact bush-trained shrubs in 2–3 litre pots, highlighting soft pastel-pink colour and remontant flowering, positioned as a standard finished product with reliable garden performance – retail / reseller.
- Fragrant feature specimen – slightly up-sized, well-branched plants promoted for medium-strength, pleasant fragrance and bushy habit, using own-root stability for long-term garden value – independent garden centres.
- Cold-zone municipal bed rose – grouped plantings drawing on H7 hardiness, moderate disease resistance and own-root regeneration for durable displays in exposed beds, supplied from uniform NEONATAL-based 2–3 litre stock – public-realm projects.
- Low-prickle handling line – labour-efficient production batches focused on barely thorny stems and compact structure, simplifying pruning, potting and dispatch within integrator and network nurseries – wholesale distribution.
- Collection-grade pastel shrub – cultivar-true, own-root material for thematic rose gardens and collections, using stable colour expression and bushy form as a reliable garden performance anchor – specialist nurseries and rosarium projects.
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Modern Shrub border rose, registered as EVEsorja, commercialised as Génie Léonard®; current trade name listed as “Evesorja Bedding rose EVEsorja” for professional reference. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred in France in 2011 by Jérôme Rateau; introduced and distributed from 2020 by André Eve and Roses Anciennes André Eve, with ARS registration under the name Evesorja. |
| Awards and recognition |
Not provided; no competition, collectors’ or lifetime awards are listed for this cultivar in the available data, so performance assessment must rely on technical characteristics and trials. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Bushy shrub with 100–140 cm height and 65–95 cm spread, dense dark green slightly glossy foliage and barely thorny shoots; bush-trained compact form suitable for bed, border and specimen use. |
| Flower morphology |
Double, cup-shaped blooms with 26–39 petals and medium-large size (2.75–3.95 in), produced mainly solitary; remontant, with an abundant second flowering; dead-heading recommended due to persistent spent blooms. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Pink pastel tones with ARS code lp and RHS 65C outer, 65D inner; buds vivid mid-pink, opening to powder and pastel pink, with cream-edged fading and a soft, even light-pink full-bloom presentation. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Medium-strength, clearly noticeable fragrance with a soft, pleasant character; double flowers reduce stamen accessibility and overall pollinator value, indicating primarily ornamental and cut-flower potential. |
| Hip characteristics |
Occasional spherical hips form, orange-red in colour and around 6–10 mm diameter; ornamental effect possible in lower-intensity maintenance settings where dead-heading is reduced or omitted. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Moderate tolerance to powdery mildew, black spot and rust; hardiness approximately −21 to −18 °C, rated RHS H7, Swedish zone 3, USDA 6b; no specific data on heat or drought performance are provided. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Recommended for flowerbeds, cut use and specimen planting; medium maintenance with occasional plant protection and dead-heading; ideal for standard container routes, 2–3 litre targets and own-root NEONATAL propagation. |
Génie Léonard® (EVEsorja) combines a compact bushy habit, remontant pastel-pink, fragrant blooms and cold-tolerant, own-root reliability into predictable, low-replacement shrub lines that can be scheduled confidently for future capacity and supply discussions.
