FERDINAND PICHARD – pink historic perpetual hybrid rose - Tanne
Historic FERDINAND PICHARD offers a distinctive striped flower display and strong, classic fragrance, positioned as a premium, collector‑grade heritage rose for specialist nursery and wholesale ranges. As pharmaROSA® NEONATAL own‑root material, tray‑rooted cuttings provide a predictable base for premium 5–7 L container routes, with upright, bushy habit that develops into a medium‑tall specimen suitable for beds, hedges and park plantings. Professional producers can schedule it confidently for historical exhibition and cut‑flower‑oriented lines, benefiting from remontant flowering with a plentiful second flush that supports extended retail and project windows. The strong winter hardiness aligns well with UK nursery supply into colder regions, offering reliable structure even in exposed schemes where winter and wind tolerance is important. Own‑root propagation supports long‑term stocking and collection stands with low replacement and stable identity, typically building roots in year one, framework shoots in year two and full ornamental value from year three under professional culture, while medium maintenance needs and moderate resistance remain manageable in planned production systems.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- Premium 5–7 L heritage container – Own-root, bush-trained plants in 5–7 L pots, highlighting historic provenance, striped blooms and fragrance; positioned as a premium, selection/specialty SKU for nurseries targeting retail collectors and thematic rose gardens – retail/collector.
- Fragrant heritage specimen line – Upright, bushy plants selected for strong, classic rosy scent, sold as individual feature roses from premium container production for beds and specimen use – specialist garden centres.
- Historical hedge and boundary series – Batch-produced, own-root plants in uniform 5–7 L containers for informal hedges in parks and large gardens, leveraging hardiness and bushy growth – landscape and public-realm suppliers.
- Exhibition and cut-stem mother stock – Bush-trained plants with discreet support in premium containers, dedicated as mother plants for heritage-style cut stems, using remontant flowering for extended picking – specialist cut-flower growers.
- Collection and gene-bank modules – Verified own-root units supplied as stable propagation bases for heritage collections and maintenance beds, supporting long-term cultivar conservation and specialty ranges – heritage-rose specialists.
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
FERDINAND PICHARD, a historic Hybrid Perpetual heritage rose marketed as a historical rose; trade name FERDINAND PICHARD Heritage rose Tanne, ARS exhibition name FERDINAND PICHARD, unregistered cultivar. |
| Origin and breeding |
Hybrid Perpetual of unknown parentage, bred by Rémi Tanne in France and introduced in 1921 by Eugène Turbat & Cie; developed as a perpetual-flowering historic rose, breeder institution data not provided. |
| Awards and recognition |
Holds Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit (1993), Best Old Garden Rose at Rosexpo Montréal (1999), and American Rose Society Victorian Certificate in 1998, 2000 and 2001, supporting its historical exhibition value. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Moderately thorny, upright, bushy shrub reaching around 120–180 cm in height and 100–150 cm spread, with moderately dense, slightly glossy foliage in light to mid-green shades, suited to beds, hedges and specimen use. |
| Flower morphology |
Large, full, cup-shaped flowers with 26–39 petals borne mainly solitary; remontant with a plentiful second flush, though spent blooms are weakly self-cleaning and require manual deadheading under professional maintenance. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Pale pink base marked with vivid carmine-red striping; buds deep pink with marbling, newly opened blooms show irregular dark carmine stripes, while in strong sun colours fade and striping can blur, with moderate overall colour retention. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Strong, long-lasting fragrance with a classic rosy character; double flowers partially cover stamens, so ornamental value is prioritised over pollinator appeal, which remains limited by restricted nectar and pollen accessibility. |
| Hip characteristics |
Occasionally forms small, egg-shaped orange-red hips about 12–18 mm in diameter, adding some seasonal interest but not a primary commercial feature for most nursery or landscape uses. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Winter hardy to approximately -32 to -29 °C (RHS H7, Swedish zone 5, USDA 4b); disease resistance overall moderate, with good resistance to powdery mildew and moderate tolerance of black spot and rust under managed conditions. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Recommended for flower beds, specimens, parks, cut flower use and hedging; suited to bush-trained production with discreet support in premium container, specialty routes; medium maintenance with periodic pest, disease and deadheading work. |
FERDINAND PICHARD offers award-backed heritage appeal with strong fragrance and reliable hardiness on a predictable own-root base that builds long-lived, regenerating stands, making it a considered choice for discussion on future capacity and scheduling.
