Palmengarten Frankfurt® groundcover rose – pharmaROSA® NEONATAL
Groundcover production with Palmengarten Frankfurt® offers scalable, own-root stability for nurseries and project suppliers aiming at uniform, dense, bush-trained finished plants for landscape and park work. This ADR-rated cultivar combines reliable resistance with fast, spreading coverage and dense, glossy foliage that supports clean lines in professional planting schemes where maintenance input must remain low. Onward production through 1.5–2 L containers for project mass-planting allows You to build predictable, homogeneous batches that perform consistently across UK public-realm contexts, including sites exposed to colder winters and challenging climates. The own-root format provides renewable growth and long lifespan, typically developing roots in year one, consolidating shoots in year two and showing full ornamental value from year three, supporting credibility in long-term schemes. With tray-rooted cuttings easy to schedule and allocate across nursery networks, Palmengarten Frankfurt® functions as a reliable volume workhorse for thematic rose collections and high-intensity projects.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- 1.5–2 L project groundcover line – Uniform, dense, bush-trained stock in 1.5–2 L pots, leveraging fast coverage and disease resistance for mass-planting palettes – landscape contractor and project-serving wholesaler ranges
- Public-park rose carpet blocks – Batch-produced, colour-consistent units for large beds, using spreading habit and low maintenance needs for simplified long-term care – municipal and public-realm procurement lines
- Thematic collection series “Palmengarten” – Clearly labelled cultivar lots emphasising the botanical-garden name link and ADR status for curated rose collections – specialist nurseries and show-garden suppliers
- Institutional campus groundcover modules – Repetitive planting modules based on 1.5–2 L plants, exploiting ground-hugging habit and winter hardiness for robust, low-input schemes – integrator systems and institutional facility frameworks
- Colour-contrast mass-planting mix – Palmengarten Frankfurt® as the vivid pink, disease-resistant component in multi-cultivar carpet schemes, structured for easy specification and delivery – project-driven wholesale assortments
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Registered as KORsilan, marketed as Palmengarten Frankfurt® Ground cover KORsilan; shrub / floribunda exhibition category within ground cover commercial grouping for professional landscape use. |
| Origin and breeding |
Raised by Reimer Kordes at W. Kordes’ Söhne, Germany, from complex hybrid parentage ((The Fairy × Temple Bells) × (Bubble Bath × Lilli Marleen)); bred 1987, introduced and registered 1988. |
| Awards and recognition |
Holds ADR recognition granted in 1992, indicating tested performance under reduced spray, with emphasis on garden-worthiness and robustness, relevant for public plantings demanding reliable, durable cultivars. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Spreading groundcover habit with dense, glossy green foliage; height about 50–90 cm with 80–140 cm spread, moderately thorny, forming broad, cohesive carpets suitable for mass planting and edging uses. |
| Flower morphology |
Medium-sized, double, cup-shaped flowers with 26–39 petals, borne in clusters; remontant flowering with abundant second flush, delivering a sustained ornamental effect across the main season in massed beds. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Vivid rich pink with carmine tone; ARS DPk, RHS 57B outer and 57C inner; colour gradually pales toward petal edges, showing deep pink centres and salmon-pink rim before fading, retaining good visual impact. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Mild, classic rose-like fragrance with subtle character; fully double flower form results in low pollinator attractiveness, favouring tidy, ornamental-focused plantings where pollinator value is not the main objective. |
| Hip characteristics |
Rose hip set is generally minimal because of the double blooms; occasional small spherical red hips 4–7 mm in diameter may appear, but do not typically influence overall appearance in groundcover plantings. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Rated resistant to powdery mildew, black spot and rust; hardy to around -32 to -29 °C (H7, Swedish zone 5, USDA 4b), suitable for exposed and colder sites with moderate tolerance of heat and short droughts. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Recommended for groundcover, beds, parks and urban green; low-maintenance with occasional pruning and feeding; prefers project mass-planting routes from 1.5–2 L pots as uniform dense bushes for large schemes. |
Palmengarten Frankfurt® combines fast, spreading groundcover, reliable disease resistance and high winter hardiness on a predictable, long-lived own-root base; we suggest aligning on volume and timing to integrate it smoothly into your project programmes.
