FRAGRANT CLOUD – coral-red hybrid tea rose - Tantau
Fragrant CLOUD (TANellis) offers a premium own-root base for professional production where flower quality, colour impact and fragrance performance must justify an exclusive retail position. As pharmaROSA® NEONATAL material, these 3–6‑month, tray‑rooted cuttings are supplied at a uniform stage for bush‑training to 3–5 strong canes and onward grow‑on into 5–7 L premium containers, supporting reliable scheduling into high‑value, exhibition‑grade and collector‑orientated ranges. The vigorous, upright habit (100–140 cm) with dense, glossy dark green foliage and good hardiness to H7 / –26– –23 °C underpins durable field or container beds, giving nurseries predictable structure for specimen and scent‑garden assortments. Good disease resistance (black spot, mildew, rust) keeps intervention low at production scale, while extremely strong scent and XL double blooms (26–39 petals, coral‑red, cup‑shaped) align well with “exclusive finished product” positioning in UK retail and reseller channels. Own‑root plants build out steadily—roots in year one, shoot framework in year two, then full ornamental expression by year three—supporting long‑term, renewable stock with reduced replacement and more stable capacity planning for nursery networks serving projects exposed to winter and wind across northern and Scottish sites, where reliable garden performance enhances professional credibility and strengthens collections offers.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- Premium 5–7 L fragrance highlight – Own-root, bush-trained TANellis in 5–7 L pots, emphasising extremely strong scent and XL, coral-red blooms for exclusive finished-product benches – target audience/channel: retail and independent garden centres
- Collector’s award-winner series – Curated hybrid tea line built around World’s Favourite Rose status and exhibition flower form, supplied from NEONATAL stock for consistent quality – target audience/channel: specialist rose nurseries and mail-order catalogues
- Scent-garden feature specimen – Vigorous, upright bushes stepped from 5–7 L into 40–50+ L containers to serve as anchor plants in fragrance and show gardens – target audience/channel: landscape contractors and public-realm project suppliers
- Heat-resilient urban rose selection – Good heat/drought tolerance and dense foliage presented as a robust, exclusive hybrid tea option within premium container assortments – target audience/channel: metropolitan retail chains and project wholesalers
- Low-intervention stock-bed mother plants – Own-root, disease-resistant plants managed in nursery beds for ongoing cutting material and future container lifting – target audience/channel: propagation nurseries and integrated production groups
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Hybrid tea rose TANellis, marketed as Fragrant Cloud hybrid tea rose TANellis; ARS exhibition name Fragrant Cloud; collection: hybrid tea rose for cut flower and exhibition use. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by Mathias Tantau Jr., Rosen Tantau KG, Germany; cross of ‘Prima Ballerina’ × ‘Montezuma’; bred, registered and introduced in 1963 via Rosen Tantau. |
| Awards and recognition |
Portland Gold Medal 1966; James Gamble Fragrance Award 1970; World’s Favourite Rose and WFRS Hall of Fame inductee 1981, underpinning long-term international reputation. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Vigorous, upright bush to around 100–140 cm high and 75–105 cm spread, densely thorned with dark green, glossy foliage, forming a solid framework when bush-trained to 3–5 canes. |
| Flower morphology |
Very large, double (26–39 petals) solitary hybrid tea blooms, cup-shaped with medium height; remontant habit with a generous second flush, though spent flowers are not self-cleaning. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Vivid, warm coral-red with orange hint; dark coral-red buds (RHS 33A outer, 40B inner), later smoky purplish hues; colour deepens in cool conditions and fades paler in strong heat and sun. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Extremely strong, long-lasting perfume with a classic rosy character; double flowers partly cover stamens, so fragrance value dominates over pollinator-oriented performance in plantings. |
| Hip characteristics |
Hip set generally low due to double flowers and regular deadheading; where present, ellipsoid orange-red hips 12–18 mm diameter may appear sporadically late in the season. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Good resistance to black spot, powdery mildew and rust, supporting lower chemical inputs; winter hardy approximately to –26– –23 °C (H7, Swedish zone 4, USDA 5b) under typical nursery regimes. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Suitable for flower beds, cut flower use, specimen and scent gardens; recommended for premium container production from own-root NEONATAL stock, with low general maintenance needs. |
FRAGRANT CLOUD – coral-red hybrid tea rose - Tantau combines award-backed flower quality, powerful fragrance and hardy own-root reliability to support predictable, long-lived stands; please contact us to align volumes and timing for your programmes.
