PARIS – pink nostalgia rose – Kimura
Romantic aesthetics and nostalgia-oriented flower form make PARIS a focused choice for premium own-root production where flowerbed and cut-rose applications overlap in one shrub line; tray-grown pharmaROSA® NEONATAL rooted cuttings provide a stable start for bush-trained material with 3–5 strong canes, supporting predictable build-up towards 5–7 L premium containers and later step-up into 40–50 litre feature stock for thematic rose gardens and curated collections. The dense, mid-green foliage, medium maintenance requirement and medium disease tolerance fit UK nursery workflows where regular but not intensive plant protection is planned, while hardiness down to H7 underpins consistent overwintering, even in northern and more exposed sites that combine cold winters and strong winds. Medium-height, bushy growth aligns well with retail and reseller expectations for compact, high-impact shrubs, and the softly spicy, clear fragrance supports positioning as an exclusive finished product built on flower quality and form. The medium-sized, fully double rosette blooms hold their structure, though weak self-cleaning means growers should plan for light grooming in production and finished stock, while the colour transition from pastel pink to creamy white allows you to schedule harvest or dispatch at the most visually attractive stage for display-focused channels. Own-root production provides regeneration, predictable longevity and homogeneous stands, supporting a steady development arc from stronger root establishment in year one through framework building in year two to full ornamental value expression from year three onwards.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- Premium 5–7 L Romantic shrub – Own-root NEONATAL plants bush-trained with 3–5 canes into 5–7 L containers, highlighting the Romantic nostalgia form and pastel pink rosette blooms for exclusive shrub benches – target: specialist retail/reseller partners.
- Nostalgia cut-and-garden line – Field or container-grown shrub blocks from NEONATAL stock, selected for medium-height, bushy growth and dual use as garden and cut-flower shrub, supplied in premium containers – target: nurseries serving boutique garden centres.
- Romantic collection feature pots – Step-up from 5–7 L to 40–50 litre own-root specimens, using dense foliage and strong flower form for show-garden level displays and curated Romantic ranges – target: wholesalers supplying thematic and show gardens.
- Fragrance focus display units – Uniform batches in 5–7 L highlighting the medium-strength, softly spicy fragrance and exclusive flower quality, branded as a scented Romantic shrub segment – target: fragrance-led retail concepts and premium resellers.
- Collection maintenance stock – Own-root NEONATAL propagation maintained as cultivar-true blocks for long-term replacement and backup planting, leveraging hardiness and regeneration in nursery beds – target: public-realm and collection managers.
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Trade name PARIS – pink nostalgia rose – Kimura within the Romantic rose collection, shrub group, cut flower and shrub exhibition category; American Rose Society approved exhibition name PARIS, no separate registered cultivar name provided. |
| Origin and breeding |
Originating from Japan, bred by Takunori Kimura and first introduced in 2013 via Keihan Hirakata Nursery; parentage and registration year are not provided, breeding company details likewise not provided beyond this. |
| Awards and recognition |
Not provided; no competition, collector or lifetime awards are listed, and no external rating data is supplied, so technical positioning should rely on structural, flowering and hardiness performance parameters. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Bushy shrub habit reaching approximately 70–95 cm in height with 50–75 cm spread, moderately thorny canes and dense, mid-green, slightly glossy foliage; weak self-cleaning so spent, very double flowers often remain and may need manual removal in production. |
| Flower morphology |
Fully double rosette flowers with more than 40 petals, medium-sized at roughly 1.5–2.75 inches, predominantly solitary blooms on stems; remontant with an abundant second flush, but petals persist on the plant, requiring follow-up cleaning under professional conditions. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Pale pink flowers with subtle creamy hue, RHS 65C outer and 62D inner petals, ARS code pb; buds whitish-rosy with powder-pink tip, opening creamy white outside with soft pink centre, later fading to creamy white with only a faint residual pink tinge at full age. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Medium-strength, clearly noticeable fragrance with softly spicy, classic rose character; highly double flowers reduce pollen access, so it functions primarily as an ornamental variety rather than a strong pollinator resource in professional planting schemes. |
| Hip characteristics |
Hip formation is sparse; where present, hips are spherical, orange-red (RHS 40A) and around 8–12 mm in diameter, adding occasional late-season interest but not constituting a major commercial or decorative feature for most production programmes. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Hardy to approximately −26 to −23 °C, classified as RHS H7, Swedish Zone 4 and USDA 5b; disease resistance is medium for powdery mildew, black spot and rust, so occasional plant-protection treatments are advised, particularly in humid or high-pressure situations. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Recommended as a flowerbed, cut-flower and specimen shrub with medium maintenance needs; thrives in heat but needs watering in extended droughts, and is best released as bush-trained stock with 3–5 strong framework canes in premium container formats such as 5–7 litre pots. |
PARIS – pink nostalgia rose – Kimura offers compact bushy growth, Romantic rosette blooms and clear fragrance on own roots, supporting durable, predictable shrub lines and long-lived stands; please contact us to coordinate volumes and scheduling.
