MOZART – pink-white park rose – Lambert
MOZART provides a reliable shrub framework for professional own‑root propagation where long‑term stock stability and predictable bed or container performance matter. As a medium‑maintenance, bush‑trained, compact plant it suits standard container production in the 2–3 L segment, with clear applications in flower beds, hedging and urban green‑space planting. The cultivar’s remontant, cluster‑flowering habit with self‑cleaning capability supports efficient crop cycles and consistent retail presentation, while its RHS H7 winter rating underpins performance in exposed schemes, including colder Scottish and northern sites with good winter and wind tolerance. Single, open flowers encourage pollinator activity and add strong visual rhythm in park and specimen use, supporting thematic and collection‑style ranges. Own‑root production offers regenerative growth, reduced replacement and long lifespan, helping you maintain homogeneous, premium silver quality stands over successive rotations, with wide logistics flexibility in tray‑based handling. In typical own‑root development – roots in year one, structural shoots in year two, and full ornamental value from year three – MOZART delivers predictable performance for nursery networks and integrator supply chains focused on wholesale shrub assortments and retail‑ready park roses.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- 2–3 L classic park-shrub line – Core shrub SKU in standard 2–3 L containers, built on MOZART’s bush-trained compact habit and remontant flowering for reliable garden performance – target audience/channel: retail and reseller networks.
- Pollinator-friendly heritage series – Themed range combining MOZART’s single, bee-attractive flowers and historical Lambert origin, supplied from NEONATAL stock into uniform 2–3 L pots – target audience/channel: garden centres and specialist nurseries.
- Urban hedge and screen programme – Informal hedge packs using its height, spread and medium maintenance profile, produced first in 2–3 L then grown on to 40–50 L where required – target audience/channel: public-realm and landscape contractors.
- Feature container accents – Larger 40–50 L patio and entrance containers exploiting upright structure, repeat flowering and ornamental hips for extended season interest – target audience/channel: premium retail and project-based landscapers.
- Curated collection blocks – Own-root collection units highlighting MOZART’s awards and verified authenticity, grown in standard containers for easy cataloguing and redistribution – target audience/channel: nurseries maintaining cultivar collections and show gardens.
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Mozart is a park-shrub rose classified as a shrub rose in classic exhibition terms, traded under the name Mozart Park - shrub rose Lambert, with American Rose Society exhibition name Mozart. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by Peter Lambert in Germany (1936) from ‘Robin Hood’ × ‘Rote Pharisäer’, introduced by Baumschule Peter Lambert in 1937 as an unregistered cultivar used widely as a robust park and shrub rose. |
| Awards and recognition |
Holds the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit (1993), American Rose Society Best Classic Shrub (1999, 2000) and Pacific Northwest District award (2000), confirming proven garden and exhibition performance. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Upright shrub reaching about 140–200 cm in height and 130–190 cm spread, with moderately dense, slightly glossy mid-green foliage and moderate prickliness, providing a balanced park-shrub structure for beds and hedges. |
| Flower morphology |
Single, flat blooms with 5–12 petals in small S size (0.5–1.5 in), borne in corymbose clusters, remontant with abundant second flowering and medium self-cleaning, often benefiting from light dead-heading on large clusters. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Flowers are vivid crimson-pink with a regular snow-white eye; buds are dark crimson-pink, colours lighten during flowering from pink to pale pink, with soft pink-lilac tones and the white centre retained in strong sun. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Fragrance is mild with a subtle, delicate muscat-like character; single blooms with accessible stamens are considered particularly attractive to pollinators, helping integrate aromatic and ecological value in plantings. |
| Hip characteristics |
Produces a moderate crop of small spherical orange-red hips, about 6–10 mm in diameter, adding autumn ornamental interest and potential wildlife value in mixed shrub and landscape plantings. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Rated RHS H7 with Swedish Zone 4 and USDA 5b performance, tolerating approximately -26 to -23 °C; disease resistance is medium to powdery mildew, black spot and rust, and heat and drought tolerance is moderate. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Suited to flower beds, parks, specimen positions, hedges and urban green spaces, with medium maintenance needs and occasional plant protection; recommended as a bush-trained compact plant in standard containers of 2–3 L. |
MOZART combines remontant cluster flowering, robust shrub structure and proven award-backed garden reliability with own-root predictability and regeneration, making it a sound choice for stable, long-lived shrub stands; please contact us to align capacities and scheduling.
