Lancôme Hybrid tea rose DELboip – pharmaROSA® NEONATAL
Professional own-root material for Lancôme offers a stable, premium base for nursery propagation beds and container production where quality flower form is central to the finished product. As a hybrid tea bred by Delbard, it combines upright structure, verified cultivar authenticity, and a high-centred, cut-rose style bloom suited to exhibition and premium retail lines. Disease resistance reduces intervention in larger blocks, supporting predictable scheduling and homogeneous stands, while own-root longevity and regeneration underpin longer production cycles with low replacement. In UK systems supplying public-realm and high-end retail projects, it integrates efficiently into 5–7 L premium container routes and larger 40–50 litre feature containers in thematic rose gardens, with logistics that also suit demanding routes across wind-exposed northern regions. Planned as a renewable own-root base, it moves from root establishment in year one, to strong shoot development in year two, reaching full ornamental value by year three for reliable, repeatable performance.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- Premium 5–7 L exhibition hybrid tea – Finished in 5–7 L pots from bush-trained starts to highlight the high-centred, cut-rose style blooms and disease resistance, positioned as an exclusive flower-quality line – target audience/channel: retail / reseller
- Colour-bench fuchsia feature rose – Uniform blocks of vibrant fuchsia-pink plants built from own-root material for reliable repeat flowering in premium containers, supporting eye-catching seasonal displays – target audience/channel: retail / reseller
- Named cultivar collection series – Lancôme included as a Delbard-bred, authenticated cultivar in branded collection ranges, supplied in 5–7 L and larger 40–50 litre specimens for thematic rose gardens – target audience/channel: retail / reseller
- Cut-flower companion pot line – Container-grown plants marketed alongside cut-rose assortments, using the exhibition-style bloom and remontant habit to reinforce perceived value in florist-linked retail concepts – target audience/channel: retail / reseller
- Hospitality entrance feature containers – Larger 40–50 litre containers built from premium 5–7 L stock to deliver long-lasting, low-maintenance focal points with strong flower form and colour stability – target audience/channel: retail / reseller
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Hybrid Tea group rose, registered as DELboip, traded as Lancôme Hybrid tea rose DELboip, with ARS exhibition name Lancome; classified as a hybrid tea rose for garden and exhibition use. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by Georges Delbard, France, from Dr. Albert Schweitzer × (Michèle Meilland × Bayadère); MEImet × Présent Filial, breeding completed 1973, registered 1973 and introduced commercially in France in 1986. |
| Awards and recognition |
Recognised on the show circuit with honours including Hamilton Pacific Rose Bowl Trophy 2008, English Box class at Milwaukee Rose Society Show 2000, and King of Show at New England Rose Society Show 1999. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Upright bush habit reaching around 80–105 cm in height and 50–70 cm spread, with moderately dense, slightly glossy dark green foliage, sparsely thorned stems and a framework readily trained to 3–5 main canes. |
| Flower morphology |
Double, medium-sized solitary blooms (approx. 1.5–2.75 in) with 26–39 petals, high-centred pointed buds typical of cut-rose types, remontant with abundant second flowering; weak self-cleaning so spent blooms need removal. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Vibrant rich pink leaning to fuchsia; deep dark fuchsia buds, rich fuchsia inner petals with lighter outers, slightly deeper at petal base; moderate colour retention with some paling to raspberry pink in strong sun. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Fragrance strength rated as mild with a delicately scented rose character; detailed scent descriptors beyond this general assessment are not provided in the available technical documentation. |
| Hip characteristics |
Hip set generally limited due to double flowers, but may occasionally produce small ovoid orange-red hips about 10–14 mm in diameter, adding minor seasonal interest where deadheading is not strictly maintained. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Rated resistant to powdery mildew, black spot and rust; hardy to approximately −21 to −18 °C (USDA 6b, RHS H7, Swedish zone 3), with moderate tolerance of heat and drought provided supplemental irrigation is available. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Recommended for flower beds, cut flowers, specimen and container use; low maintenance with limited intervention needed, best released as bush-trained plants with 3–5 strong canes into premium 5–7 L containers. |
Lancôme Hybrid tea rose DELboip, with exhibition-grade flower form, strong disease resistance and own-root longevity, offers predictable, renewable stock for premium programmes; we would welcome a discussion to align capacity and scheduling to your plans.
