Pink Roadrunner – pharmaROSA® NEONATAL rooted cutting for professional production
Within PharmaRosa’s own-root platform, Pink Roadrunner offers a compact, bush-trained start that is ideal for groundcover and park applications where coverage and reliable flowering are commercially important. As a remontant, cluster-flowered shrub rose, it lends itself to standard container routes in 2–3 L pots for retail and reseller channels targeting reliable garden performance across beds, slopes and high-traffic public spaces. Its good heat and drought tolerance and H7 hardiness give confidence for projects from southern sites to cooler regions, supporting nationwide schemes where durable plantings must cope well with exposed, colder locations and long service lives. Own-root NEONATAL material provides a regenerative, long-lived base that suits collection and park plantings; roots establish in the first year, shoots structure in the second, and full ornamental value is typically expressed by the third year, helping you plan capacity, delivery and homogeneity across large batches. The ADR 2003 certification underpins its credibility as a dependable cultivar within professional nursery networks.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- Groundcover Pink Roadrunner 2 L line – Own-root, bush-trained plants finished in 2 L standard containers, leveraging the compact spreading habit and good drought tolerance for groundcover and slope projects – retail and reseller shrub ranges.
- ADR Pink Park Rose 3 L feature – 3 L containers positioned as ADR-certified, reliable mid-pink shrubs, using the dense foliage and remontant flowering as key selling points – garden centres and quality-focused retail chains.
- Public-space Rosa Pink Roadrunner 40 L – Larger 40–50 L specimens grown on from NEONATAL material to create instant-impact shrubs for parks, embankments and urban beds – municipal and institutional landscape contractors.
- Pollinator Accent Bed Mix 3 L – 3 L plants combined in mixes highlighting semi-double, pollinator-attractive flowers and strong fragrance, coordinated for thematic rose and habitat-style beds – ecology-aware retail programmes.
- Collection Block Pink Roadrunner tray series – Batch-consistent 2–3 L plants propagated from uniform NEONATAL cuttings for curated rose collections and park plantings where cultivar identity and ADR status are valued – specialist collections and show gardens.
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Shrub rose marketed as Pink Roadrunner, within the Roadrunner collection; registered cultivar name UHLarium, ADR-certified, positioned commercially as a pink park shrub rose for professional production. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by Jürgen Walter Uhl, introduced and initially distributed by W. Kordes’ Söhne in Germany in 2001; parentage is unknown, but selection aligns with robust landscape and park usage requirements. |
| Awards and recognition |
Holds ADR certification from 2003, indicating it has passed independent German trial assessments for overall performance, including ornamental effect and general garden utility in landscape situations. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Bushy, slightly spreading habit with dense, dark green, slightly glossy foliage; reaches around 60–90 cm in height and 60–100 cm spread, densely thorny shoots, no specific data available on self-cleaning behaviour. |
| Flower morphology |
Semi-double, cup-shaped cluster-flowered blooms of medium size (approximately 1.5–2.75 inches), with 13–25 petals; remontant character with plentiful second flowering, suited to extended seasonal display. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Clear mid-pink flowers with subtle purplish tones (RHS 67B–67C), buds deep silky pink; colour fades moderately to pale pink with slight silvery edges before senescence, maintaining a generally uniform pink effect in full bloom. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Fragrance is described as strong and far-reaching, though detailed scent character notes are not provided; the semi-double form with visible stamens supports partial pollinator interest alongside scented garden appeal. |
| Hip characteristics |
Produces moderate numbers of spherical hips, approximately 15–22 mm in diameter, bright red (RHS 42A), adding an additional ornamental aspect later in the season where spent flowers are left to develop. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Rated to approximately −37 to −34 °C, RHS hardiness H7, Swedish Zone 6 and USDA Zone 3b; good tolerance of heat and drier conditions, black spot resistant, with moderate susceptibility to powdery mildew and rust. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Recommended for groundcover, park, public space, beds, pots and slopes; medium maintenance with occasional pest and disease control; best routed through bush-trained, compact standard container production in 2–3 L pots. |
Pink Roadrunner combines compact, dense groundcover habit, strong fragrance and robust hardiness with the predictability and regeneration of own-root NEONATAL material, making it a practical choice for dependable shrub rose ranges where we can align on volume and scheduling.
