MARITA – cream-white park rose – Scarman | pharmaROSA® NEONATAL rooted cutting
As a pharmaROSA® NEONATAL own-root cutting, MARITA offers a compact, bushy growth ideal for border and specimen production in standard container lines, supporting nursery systems that value reliable, homogeneous output under UK conditions with dependable winter tolerance in exposed sites. Its dense, dark-green foliage frames very full, cup-shaped blooms with a soft cream-white to ivory tonality and strong, fresh fragrance, creating a clearly recognisable, premium park-rose identity for retail and reseller channels. The remontant, generously repeating flowering habit underpins a long, marketable sales window from 2–3 L units through to larger, 40–50 litre feature containers, while own-root production supports low replacement rates and predictable capacity. In a typical development arc, roots establish in the first year, shoots structure the second, and full ornamental value presents from the third, giving You a stable base for planned crop cycles and collection-based rose garden offers with reliable, long-lived performance.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- 2–3 L park-shrub line – Compact, bush-trained plants in 2–3 L pots emphasising reliable garden performance and remontant flowering, ideal as a core park-shrub SKU in standard container programmes – target audience/channel: retail and reseller pipelines.
- Fragrance feature container – Selected plants grown on into 40–50 litre containers, highlighting strong lemony-rosy scent and dense foliage structure for high-impact displays – target audience/channel: garden centres and landscape specifiers.
- Cream-white border series – Uniform 2–3 L production batches positioned for border use, using own-root stability and compact habit to support repeatable border schemes – target audience/channel: nurseries supplying design-led retailers.
- Collection-garden selection – Labelled, authenticity-verified plants for thematic and show gardens, leveraging remontant flowering and recognisable cream-white colour – target audience/channel: curators, public gardens, and specialist collections.
- Dual-purpose garden & cut rose – Standard container plants promoted for both border planting and occasional cutting, capitalising on bloom form and strong fragrance without changing the medium-maintenance profile – target audience/channel: independent retailers with enthusiast customers.
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Current trade name MARITA – cream-white park rose – Scarman; shrub rose, park-shrub commercial group; collection designation Park - shrub rose; no registered cultivar name data provided. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by John Scarman in Germany, breeding year 2010; parentage unknown; introduction year listed as 2010; breeding company, institution, and initial distributor not provided or not recorded. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Compact, bushy shrub habit with dense, slightly glossy dark green foliage; approximate height 90–140 cm and spread 60–110 cm; moderately thorny shoots; self-cleaning behaviour not provided or not assessed. |
| Flower morphology |
Very full, 40+ petal, cup-shaped blooms of medium size (about 1.5–2.75 inches); flowers carried in clusters; remontant with a generous second flowering period, providing repeated ornamental display. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Soft cream-white base with delicate ivory shades; buds pale yellowish-white; newly opened blooms creamy white with ivory centre; colour fades to off-white with pearly-white edges, with main tone retained; ARS and RHS codes as provided. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Strong, clearly perceptible fragrance with a fresh, lemony-rosy character; very double, dense flower form limits pollinator access, making the cultivar primarily ornamental rather than pollinator-focused in planting schemes. |
| Hip characteristics |
Produces small, ellipsoidal rose hips occasionally; approximate diameter 10–15 mm; hips coloured orange-red when present; hip set is secondary to the ornamental value of the very full, cream-white blooms. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Moderate resistance reported for powdery mildew, black spot, and rust; hardiness indicated to around -21 to -18 °C, RHS rating H7; Swedish zone 3 and USDA 6b suggest suitability for colder temperate regions with appropriate care. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Suitable for border, specimen, container, and some cut-flower use; medium maintenance need, with occasional pest and disease control; recommended as bush-trained compact plants for standard container routes, typically in 2–3 litre pots. |
MARITA offers compact, dense growth, remontant cream-white flowering and strong fragrance on predictable, long-lived own-root stock, making it a sound candidate for aligning production capacity and scheduling through a focused professional discussion.
