Perla Negra – hybrid tea rose rooted cutting for professional production
This cultivar’s velvety dark red blooms and cut-flower quality make Perla Negra a strong choice where an exclusive hybrid tea is needed to anchor premium ranges. As an own-root pharmaROSA NEONATAL cutting, it offers a stable, renewable base for nursery propagation beds, container grow-on and wholesale stock, supporting predictable capacity for retail and reseller channels. The bushy, upright habit keeps plants compact for 5–7 L premium containers while still delivering long-stemmed, solitary, high-centred flowers, shaped for exhibition and cut-flower themed collections. With good heat tolerance and H7 hardiness, it performs reliably even in exposed nursery sites and coastal-influenced projects, providing dependable structure where winters and wind demand resilient material. The repeat-flowering, remontant performance means consistent bud presentation over the season, strongly aligned to “exclusive finished product” positioning that depends on stable flowering windows. Development typically follows a practical progression from rooting focus in year one, vegetative framework building in year two and full ornamental value from year three onwards, supporting long-lived, low-replacement own-root longevity in professional production cycles.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- 5–7 L Premium Hybrid Tea Feature Bush – Upright, bushy plants in 5–7 L pots, trained to 3–5 canes, highlight the large, high-centred, velvety blooms as an exclusive focal hybrid tea for benches – premium retail / reseller channels.
- Dark Velvet Cut & Garden Rose Line – Dual-purpose finished plants positioned for both cutting and garden display, built on remontant flowering and solitary, pointed buds, released in premium containers – specialist cut-flower and exhibition-oriented outlets.
- Thematic Black-Pearl Collection Unit – Curated SKU combining Perla Negra within dark-rose assortments, leveraging colour stability and own-root longevity for collection beds, supplied in uniform 5–7 L pots – show-garden and thematic-range wholesalers.
- Institutional Specimen Container Rose – Robust, heat-tolerant stock grown into strong framework plants, optionally shifted to 40–50 L containers for longer-term holding, emphasising stable ornamental value – public-realm and institutional project suppliers.
- Mother-Stock Framework Plant – Larger-container (40–50 L) framework bushes for internal propagation, exploiting own-root regeneration and cultivar authenticity to secure long-term, exclusive hybrid tea supply – nurseries running in-house propagation programmes.
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Hybrid tea rose cultivar Perla Negra (Perle Noire), registered as DELurt and classified in the Hybrid Tea commercial group; own-root pharmaROSA NEONATAL material supplied as rooted cuttings for professional propagation use. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by Georges Delbard, Roseraies Georges Delbard, France, from complex hybrid tea parentage including Impeccable, Papa Meilland, Gloire de Rome, Charles Mallerin, Gay Paris, Rouge Meilland and Soraya; introduced and registered in 1976. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Bushy, upright habit reaching around 85–115 cm in height with 50–70 cm spread; moderately dense, matte, dark green foliage and moderate prickliness; spent flowers persist and generally require deadheading to maintain appearance. |
| Flower morphology |
Large, solitary, double flowers with 26–39 petals, high-centred, pointed buds typical of exhibition tea types; remontant flowering pattern with a profuse second flush, providing sustained ornamental and cutting value through the season. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Deep, velvety dark red flowers with near-black bud tones; ARS dR, RHS 187A and 53B; colour holds strongly in sun, fading gradually to muted mauve while retaining velvety texture, with uniform burgundy-red tones at full opening. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Very weak, barely noticeable scent with a delicate rosy character; primarily chosen for colour intensity and flower form rather than fragrance, and mainly ornamental rather than pollinator-supporting due to the highly double structure. |
| Hip characteristics |
Hip set is generally limited because of the double flower form; where produced, hips are ellipsoid, orange-red, about 10–14 mm in diameter, and have negligible significance for ornamental or production objectives. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Rated to approximately −21 to −18 °C (USDA 6b, Swedish zone 3, RHS H7); resistant to black spot with moderate susceptibility to powdery mildew and rust; tolerates heat well but needs watering in prolonged dry periods. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Recommended for beds, specimens, premium containers and cutting purposes; best routed as a premium 5–7 L container product from bush-trained plants with 3–5 canes; medium maintenance with periodic plant-protection required. |
Perla Negra DELurt offers velvety dark blooms, reliable remontant flowering and robust hardiness on a predictable own-root base that supports long-lived, homogeneous stands; we would be pleased to discuss volumes, timing and integration into your range.
