Kimono – salmon-pink bedding floribunda rose – pharmaROSA® NEONATAL rooted cutting
Floribunda production of Kimono on own roots gives professional growers a compact, bushy floribunda bedding rose with reliable repeat flowering for high-turnover retail lines and project work. Its dark green, glossy foliage and warm-toned salmon-pink clusters support consistent, sale-ready quality in 2–3 L containers from a standard container route, with tray-rooted cuttings easy to integrate into nursery and integrator workflows. The variety’s good disease resistance and low maintenance requirement help keep intervention and labour predictable, while own-root material underpins long-term block renewal and cultivar maintenance for dedicated rose gardens and collections. Across UK nursery networks it fits planting schemes where winter tolerance must be dependable in colder districts, allowing You to schedule crop timing with confidence from 3–6-month NEONATAL material through to finished stock, following a natural development from strong roots in year one, framework-building shoots in year two, and full ornamental value in year three, offering stable backing for wholesale partners and nursery collections.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- 2–3 L retail bedding floribunda line – core SKU using the compact, bush-trained habit and repeat flowering, grown via the standard container path into 2–3 L pots for reliable garden performance on retail benches – target audience/channel: garden-centre and DIY retail.
- Landscape multipack for parks – contract-grown batches from NEONATAL trays, focused on disease resistance and low maintenance for bedding and edging in public-realm projects, supplied as uniform 2–3 L units – target audience/channel: landscape contractors and municipal tenders.
- Collection-grade specimen in 40–50 L – own-root plants grown on into 40–50 litre containers for thematic rose gardens, leveraging the cultivar’s RNRS recognition and floribunda exhibition suitability – target audience/channel: public gardens and specialist rose collections.
- Floral border hedge module – tightly graded, almost thornless plants for low hedging or path framing, using the standard container route for easy handling and quick establishment in amenity schemes – target audience/channel: nurseries serving design-and-build landscapers.
- Historic floribunda assortment set – grouped with other mid-20th-century floribundas, propagated on own roots for long-term stock beds and uniform 2–3 L retail lines emphasising dependable performance – target audience/channel: specialist nurseries and mail-order resellers.
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Kimono – floribunda bedding rose, bed rose group; registered cultivar name Kimono, current trade name Kimono Bedding rose Kimono; ARS approved exhibition name Kimono; collection: bedding rose. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by Gerrit de Ruiter, De Ruiter (Netherlands); parentage ‘Cocorico’ × ‘Frau Anny Beaufays’; bred, registered and introduced in 1961, initially distributed by Horstmann & Co., Germany; origin: Netherlands. |
| Awards and recognition |
Royal National Rose Society Trial Ground Certificate awarded in 1961, offering reassurance of tested garden performance and interest for historic or collection-focused plantings; no further award data provided. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Bushy, upright growth reaching about 75–105 cm in height with 60–90 cm spread; moderately dense, glossy dark green foliage; almost thornless shoots aid handling; medium self-cleaning, some deadheading required. |
| Flower morphology |
Floribunda type with medium-sized, very full, cup-shaped blooms (around 1.5–2.75 in); petal count 40+; cluster-flowered inflorescences; repeat-flowering with a generous second flush; primarily ornamental use. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Salmon-pink, warm-toned blooms; ARS code pb, RHS 48C outer and 48D inner; deep salmon-pink buds open to vivid salmon-pink, then soften to pastel salmon with some cream tones; colour more vivid in cooler, cloudy conditions. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Medium-strength fragrance with a classic rosy character, noticeable but not overpowering, suited to both garden and light cutting use; very double blooms limit pollinator access, so it functions mainly as an ornamental variety. |
| Hip characteristics |
Occasional spherical rose hips produced; typically 8–12 mm diameter, orange-red in colour; hips are not a dominant ornamental feature but may appear sporadically on established plants in suitable seasons. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Good overall disease resistance; resistant to powdery mildew and black spot, medium for rust so occasional treatment advised; hardy approximately to -21 to -18 °C; RHS hardiness rating H7; Swedish zone 3; USDA zone 6b. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Recommended for flower beds, parks, edging, hedges, cut flower and specimen use; low maintenance with generally little intervention; standard container route with 2–3 L target pots; own-root NEONATAL material for professional production; fragrance medium. |
Kimono offers compact, repeat-flowering floribunda bedding performance with good disease resistance on predictable, long-lived own-root stock, making it a dependable option for aligned capacity planning and discussion of future propagation schedules.
