LAVANDER™ – mauve-lilac nostalgia rose - Tanjga
With its mauve-lilac, rosette blooms and medium-strength fragrance, LAVANDER™ offers a premium shrub option for professional, own-root production where flower quality and romantic colour are central to an exclusive finished offer. The bushy, compact habit stays within 45–65 cm height and 50–70 cm spread, supporting container-based premium routes and tidy, homogeneous stands in nursery beds and show plots. Reliable resistance to key fungal diseases underpins low-intervention maintenance in UK nursery systems, while its remontant, plentiful second flowering helps you sustain visual value across the season in display and retail-focused programmes. Own-root, tray-grown cuttings develop into a stable long-term base, moving from root establishment in year one, to structural shoot formation in year two, and full ornamental expression from year three, supporting predictable scheduling. Moderately thorny, with matt, mid-green foliage, LAVANDER™ is well suited to premium 5–7 L pot production, edging, flower-bed layouts and cut-flower cutting beds in thematic rose gardens and curated collections, performing reliably even in cooler northern conditions with good winter and wind tolerance. As a bush-trained, 3–5-cane framework rose in own-root form, it aligns naturally with professional nursery and wholesale workflows seeking an exclusive nostalgia rose for retail and reseller channels.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- Premium 5–7 L nostalgia shrub – Finished in 5–7 L containers from bush-trained NEONATAL stock, highlighting mauve-lilac, rosette blooms and fragrance as an exclusive nostalgia feature – high-end retail and independent garden-centre ranges
- Romantic edging series – Compact, bushy plants lined out for edging and foreground roles, using low-maintenance, disease-resistant traits to keep presentation clean in premium beds – public show gardens and curated estate plantings
- Themed lavender-hued rose collection – Curated assortment centred on the lavender-toned colour and romantic flower form, leveraging own-root stability for long-term collection stands – wholesalers serving thematic and collector-oriented programmes
- Cut-and-garden display shrub – Shrub rows in 5–7 L or in-ground beds promoted for both garden use and occasional cutting, using the remontant flowering and medium fragrance as selling points – short-supply-chain floristry and garden retail outlets
- Pollinator-aware romantic bed mix – Integrated into feature beds where moderate pollinator support and classic form are both required, relying on disease resistance and compact growth for tidy, durable plantings – institutional, hotel and public-realm schemes
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Collection: Vaza®. Commercial type and group: nostalgia, Romantic rose. Registered as BOZvaz012, marketed as Lavander™ / Vaza®. ARS exhibition name: Lavander™; exhibition category: cut flower, shrub rose. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by Biljana Božanić Tanjga (PhenoGeno Roses d.o.o.), Serbia, around 2019. Introduced in 2020 through PhenoGeno Roses. Parentage is unknown; registration year data not provided. |
| Awards and recognition |
not provided |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Bushy shrub, 45–65 cm high and 50–70 cm spread, moderately thorny, with moderately dense, matt, mid-green foliage (≈ RHS 141A). Bush-trained with 3–5 strong framework canes for premium container routes. |
| Flower morphology |
Semi-double, rosette-shaped blooms with 13–25 petals, medium-sized (approx. 1.5–2.75 in), produced in clusters. Remontant, with a plentiful second flowering flush supporting ongoing ornamental value. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Mauve-purple to mauve-lilac tones; buds deep dark purple-mauve, newly opened flowers pastel mauve-lilac. ARS code M; RHS 73B outer, 73C inner petals. Colour fades moderately to light mauve-lilac while remaining presentable. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Pleasantly sweet, medium-strength fragrance, clearly noticeable at close range. Semi-double flowers with partially obscured stamens offer moderate pollinator appeal; cosmetic and soap-use data not provided. |
| Hip characteristics |
Moderately formed, spherical hips 6–10 mm diameter, orange-red (RHS 44A). Hips may add discrete seasonal interest; no specific use recommendation is provided for harvest or decorative drying. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Resistant to powdery mildew, black spot and rust. Hardy to about -21–-18 °C (H7; Swedish zone 3; USDA 6b). Performs well in heat but needs regular watering in prolonged drought; heat and drought tolerance rated moderate. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Suited to flower beds, edging and cut-flower use. Recommended for premium container production with bush training on 3–5 framework canes in 5–7 L pots. Maintenance demand low, with generally good disease resistance. |
LAVANDER™ offers a compact, disease-resistant, fragrant, mauve-lilac shrub on a predictable, long-lived own-root base, giving nurseries a reliable, exclusive premium rose option for which it is worth aligning capacity and scheduling.
