LEMON™ – creamy yellow flower-bed floribunda rose – pharmaROSA® NEONATAL
With its compact bushy habit and dense foliage, LEMON™ offers a reliable floribunda base for nurseries needing uniform, tray-rooted own-root material for standard container production, including 2–3 L lines and larger 40–50 litre show pieces for thematic beds. The very double, cluster-flowering heads and medium, clearly perceptible fragrance create a distinctive finished look for cut and garden use, while remontant, abundant second flowering supports continuous sales windows across the season. Medium disease resistance and moderate maintenance demand translate into manageable crop care on UK nursery sites, even where public-realm supply requires predictable quality under varied weather conditions and where winter and wind exposure are typical in northern projects. Own-root NEONATAL material supports longevity, regenerative growth and low replacement over time, helping you build stable stock blocks and repeatable series for retail and reseller partners. The soft cream-yellow tonality, fading elegantly to near bone white, gives versatile colour combinations for curated collections and colour-themed ranges, while the moderate height and spread are efficient to bench, handle and ship at wholesale scale.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- 2–3 L Retail Bed Rose Line – Standard container-grown 2–3 L LEMON™ units highlighting reliable garden performance and compact, bushy habit for flower beds, built from NEONATAL own-root starts for uniformity – target audience/channel: retail and reseller programmes.
- Cut & Garden Dual-Purpose Shrub – NEONATAL-based shrub production offering remontant, very double blooms for both garden display and local cutting, positioned as a standard finished product with dependable performance – target audience/channel: florists’ suppliers and independent garden centres.
- Fragrant Cream-Yellow Collection – Curated 2–3 L and 40–50 litre pots combining LEMON™ with other scented cultivars, using its medium-strength honeyed fragrance and colour fade for thematic or show-garden ranges – target audience/channel: premium retail and show-garden partners.
- Public-Realm Bed Rose Module – Batch-produced, standard container LEMON™ units for mass planting in public beds where compact growth, hardiness and own-root longevity support low replacement and stable displays – target audience/channel: municipal and institutional project suppliers.
- Large Feature Container Specimens – Upscaled 40–50 litre LEMON™ specimens grown on from 2–3 L stock, providing compact yet impactful flowering shrubs for entrances and terraces, emphasising hardiness and reliable garden performance – target audience/channel: landscape contractors and project wholesalers.
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Registered as BOZvaz011 and marketed as LEMON™ Art Vaza® BOZvaz011, this floribunda shrub belongs to the Art Vaza® collection and is classified commercially as a flowerbed floribunda bed rose. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by Biljana Božanić Tanjga of PhenoGeno Roses, Serbia, with parentage listed as unknown; introduced via PhenoGeno Roses, with breeding work recorded around 2018 and precise introduction year not provided. |
| Awards and recognition |
not provided |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Forms a bushy, compact shrub reaching approximately 60–90 cm in height and 50–75 cm spread, with dense, slightly glossy mid-green foliage and moderate prickliness; self-cleaning capacity has not been documented. |
| Flower morphology |
Produces large, very double, cupped flowers with more than 40 petals, borne in clusters; flowering is remontant, with an especially abundant second flush, supporting extended ornamental value through the season. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Cream-yellow overall colour, ARS YB; RHS 11D outer, 14B inner, opening from apricot-yellow buds and deep yellow-peach centres, then fading through ivory and butter-cream to bone white with only a faint pale-yellow centre. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Displays a medium-strength, clearly perceptible fragrance described as delicately fruity with honeyed notes; primarily an ornamental variety, with double flowers that give reduced access to stamens and lower pollinator appeal. |
| Hip characteristics |
Occasionally forms ellipsoidal orange-red hips of around 10–15 mm diameter; hips are not a dominant feature but may appear sporadically on established plants managed with less intensive deadheading. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Rated to approximately -21 – -18 °C (H7, USDA 6b, Swedish zone 3) with medium resistance to powdery mildew, black spot and rust; overall disease profile suits moderate maintenance regimes requiring occasional plant protection. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Recommended primarily for flower beds and cut-flower use, supplied as bush-trained, compact plants; best routed via standard container production, especially in 2–3 L pots, with moderate maintenance needs and verified cultivar authenticity. |
LEMON™ Art Vaza® BOZvaz011 combines compact, bushy structure, remontant double flowering and reliable hardiness on a stable own-root base that supports predictable, regenerative stands for professional programmes; we would welcome a discussion on timing, volumes and specification.
