Louise Odier – pharmaROSA® NEONATAL rooted cutting for historic Bourbon rose production
Historic Bourbon shrub Louise Odier offers professional growers a reliable, own‑root base for premium container and speciality ranges, combining vigorous bushy‑upright growth with dense mid‑green foliage and strongly scented, very full rosette flowers. As a verified, premium‑silver quality cultivar within the pharmaROSA® NEONATAL programme, it is supplied as uniform, tray‑rooted cuttings designed for onward propagation into 5–7 L premium stock and further build‑up of nursery field or container beds. Own‑root production supports long‑term collection and park plantings with predictable stands and reduced replacement, while one can plan capacity around the natural development arc from root establishment through structural build‑up to full ornamental expression by the third season; this suits UK supply chains where reliable flowering performance in varied regions, including cooler northern and Scottish sites with robust winter tolerance, is commercially important.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- 5–7 L Historic Bourbon Feature Shrub – Own-root Louise Odier grown to a bushy, 150–220 cm framework in 5–7 L premium containers, highlighting romantic, very full rosette flowers and strong fragrance for selection/specialty ranges – nursery and garden-centre heritage lines
- Fragrance Collection Premium Duo – Paired planting concept featuring Louise Odier as the strongly scented, remontant historic element in matched 7 L pots, using NEONATAL material for homogeneous flowering and manageable medium maintenance – specialist fragrance-focused retailers
- Park and Project Shrub Module – Batch-produced own-root shrubs from NEONATAL trays, finished in 5–7 L or shifted to 40–50 litre containers for park beds and institutional schemes where hardy, historic, medium-maintenance shrubs are specified – public-realm and project suppliers
- Collector’s Bourbon Display Pot – Individually labelled, heritage-branded 40–50 litre specimen with dense foliage and repeat-flowering scented clusters, positioned as a centrepiece item built from stable own-root stock – high-end collector and mail-order programmes
- Cut-and-Garden Heritage Line – Dual-purpose production from NEONATAL stock, with part of the crop finished as 5–7 L garden shrubs and a selected block managed for niche cut-flower stems, leveraging repeat flowering and strong scent – artisan floristry and speciality garden outlets
Technical cultivar profile
| Name and registration |
Historic Bourbon shrub rose marketed as Louise Odier – pink historic Bourbon rose – Margottin; ARS exhibition name Louise Odier; unregistered cultivar used as a recognised historical selection. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred in France in 1851 by Jacques-Julien Margottin of Jules Margottin Père & Fils, as a seedling of 'Émile Courtier'; represents classic mid-19th century Bourbon breeding for flower form and scent. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Bushy, upright shrub with dense mid-green, slightly glossy foliage, height around 150–220 cm and spread 120–190 cm; densely thorned shoots and a substantial, well-filling structure for beds and specimen use. |
| Flower morphology |
Very full, 40+ petalled rosette flowers of medium size (1.5–2.75 in) carried in clusters; repeat-flowering with a good remontant habit and an especially abundant second flush under suitable management. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Warm mid-pink with slight raspberry sheen; buds intense pink with carmine-shaded tips, opening to paler outer petals and deeper silky inner petals; colour fades gradually to powder pink, remaining more vivid in cooler conditions. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Very strong, long-lasting sweet scent typical of heritage Bourbons; double flower form limits pollinator value, making this primarily an ornamental and fragrance feature rose rather than an ecological support planting. |
| Hip characteristics |
Hip set generally low due to very double blooms, though occasional small spherical red hips, around 9–15 mm in diameter, may develop, adding modest seasonal interest without being a dominant feature. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Medium overall disease resistance with good tolerance to powdery mildew and black spot, rust medium; winter hardy to approximately -26 to -23 °C (RHS H7, Swedish zone 4, USDA 5b), supporting use in colder regions. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Best for flower beds, parks, specimen shrubs and some cut use; medium maintenance with occasional pest and disease control; release as bush-trained with discreet support in premium container, specialty routes, ideally from own-root stock. |
Louise Odier offers professional growers a hardy, romantically flowered, strongly scented historic Bourbon shrub on reliable own roots, supporting long-lived, predictable premium container and project production; please contact us to align volumes and scheduling.
