FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – salmon-pink bedding floribunda rose – rooted cutting
Professional growers looking to extend bedding and floribunda ranges with recognisable, award-winning genetics will find FOR YOUR EYES ONLY (CHEweyesup) a compact, floriferous option that fits standard 2–3 L routes and show-garden programmes. This Hybrid Hulthemia persica type combines a bushy, compact habit with medium height and spread, ideal for tightly spaced border, edging and urban-green-space layouts where reliable, repeat display matters. As own-root pharmaROSA® NEONATAL material, these tray-grown, 3–6‑month-old cuttings give a homogeneous structural base that settles in Year 1, builds framework in Year 2, and reaches full ornamental value by Year 3. The single, clustered flowers with a dark eye and self‑cleaning habit help maintain a neat visual line for retail-standard finished plants, while pollinator‑friendly, open centres support current biodiversity themes. With nationwide logistics including routes suited to cooler, wind-exposed northern sites, it can serve nurseries building thematic rose collections and retail assortments for show gardens, parks and containers, supported by a stable own-root propagation platform.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- 2–3 L named bedding floribunda – standard container production from NEONATAL bush-trained cuttings, finished as compact, self-cleaning bedding plants for borders and edging, positioned as a reliable garden performance cultivar for retail / reseller channels.
- Pollinator-friendly rose corner – mixed trolley concept combining FOR YOUR EYES ONLY with other single-flowered cultivars, using uniform 2–3 L containers and own-root longevity as a basis for thematic pollinator displays targeting garden centre programs.
- Urban rose border kit – pre-planned schemes for parks and urban green space using compact, repeat-flowering plants grown on from NEONATAL trays into 2–3 L, offered as a standard finished product package for public‑realm suppliers.
- Large feature container rose – individually staked 40–50 litre containers showcasing the distinctive eye and compact habit, built from stable own-root material to support multi-season display use in show gardens and high-visibility retail entrances.
- Collection-bed mother block – dedicated nursery beds or 2–3 L stock plants maintained on own roots for long-term regeneration and cultivar authenticity, underpinning consistent propagation supply for nursery networks and integrator systems.
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Hybrid Hulthemia persica bed rose, registered as CHEweyesup, marketed as FOR YOUR EYES ONLY Bedding rose CHEweyesup, with ARS exhibition name FOR YOUR EYES ONLY and premium silver internal quality rating. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred in the United Kingdom by Christopher Hugh Warner from ‘Anna Ford’ × ‘Belting Pink’, bred 2014, registered 2014, introduced 2015 via Warner’s Roses and Whartons Nurseries Ltd. for the UK market. |
| Awards and recognition |
Rose of the Year in the United Kingdom for 2015 and Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit in 2020, supporting use where recognised, proven garden cultivars are prioritised. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Bushy, compact shrub with dense, glossy dark green foliage, moderate thorns, height and spread approximately 65–95 cm, forming even, low mounds suitable for bedding, edging and container structures. |
| Flower morphology |
Single, flat flowers with around 5–12 petals in clustered inflorescences, medium flower size about 1.5–2.75 inches, remontant with abundant second flush and good self-cleaning as most spent blooms drop. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Warm salmon-pink with peach undertone, ARS OB, RHS 36B and 53A, vivid raspberry centre on opening, magenta-pink deepening to dark eye, then fading to pastel rose-peach, eye spot generally persisting in strong sun. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Flowers have a mild, fresh, fruity fragrance; single form with exposed stamens is considered attractive to pollinators and supports biodiversity-focused planting concepts where scent is a secondary criterion. |
| Hip characteristics |
Occasional ellipsoidal orange-red hips 6–10 mm in diameter form without pruning, adding modest seasonal interest; hip production may be reduced where spent blooms are removed for display quality. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Hardy to approximately -21 to -18 °C, RHS H7, Swedish zone 3, USDA 6b, but very susceptible to powdery mildew, black spot and rust, requiring regular plant protection within professional maintenance regimes. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Suited to borders, edging, containers, parks and urban green spaces; recommended as compact bush form via standard container route with 2–3 L target pot, but with high maintenance requirement and regular plant protection. |
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY offers a compact, floriferous habit and recognised award pedigree on a predictable, regenerative own-root base, giving nurseries stable, long-lived stands for reliable garden performance; we would be pleased to discuss scheduling and capacity with you.
