RENÉE VAN WEGBERG™ – pink nostalgia rose rooted cutting for professional growers
Romantica character and fragrance-driven appeal make RENÉE VAN WEGBERG™ a compelling choice for nurseries seeking premium, nostalgia-style shrub roses with reliable own-root performance as part of a scalable propagation base. Its compact, bushy framework (70–110 cm) and dense, dark green foliage suit 5–7 L container production for retail and reseller channels focused on exclusive finished product lines. The very double, rosette flowers with strong, sweet-fruity scent deliver consistent flower quality and form, supporting positioning in thematic rose gardens and curated collections, where mid-pink colour stability and good colour retention are valued. Own-root material underpins predictable, renewable growth and long lifespan across nursery beds and container systems, helping maintain homogeneous stands and low replacement rates over time, and performing reliably even in a range of British conditions with winter and wind resilience important for Scotland and northern England. With moderate disease and heat tolerance and a medium maintenance profile, plants are well suited to planned plant protection regimes under professional management, and the development from root establishment, through structural build-up to full ornamental expression over three seasons supports long-term, collection-grade quality for wholesale partners building a diversified portfolio of approx. 1600 cultivars on own roots.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- Premium Romantica 5–7 L shrub – Bush-trained plants with 3–5 strong canes, compact habit and mid-pink, very double flowers positioned as an exclusive Romantic rose SKU in premium containers – retail garden centres and quality resellers.
- Fragrance Collection feature rose – Strong, sweet-fruity fragrance and high petal count presented in 5–7 L pots as a lead fragrance item within a dedicated scented rose bench – specialist rose retailers and mail-order partners.
- Thematic pink border line – Compact, bushy plants for border and edging use, produced to uniform height in premium containers for easy integration into designed schemes – landscape-oriented nurseries and project suppliers.
- Culinary-inspired nostalgia concept – Leveraging the listed culinary use with its ornamental, very double blooms to create a story-based, own-root nostalgia SKU in 5–7 L pots – concept-led retailers and lifestyle-focused resellers.
- Collection-grade feature container – Finished as a strong shrub in 40–50 L containers from own-root stock to provide long-lived focal points in thematic rose gardens and collections – public-realm, institutional and show-garden clients.
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Collection Taste of Love®, Romantic shrub rose, registered as BOZmilefra, traded as Renée Van Wegberg™ Taste of Love® BOZmilefra, exhibition category shrub rose, nostalgia-type Romantic rose selection. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by PhenoGeno Roses, introduced 2019 via PhenoGeno Roses (Serbia; Netherlands) as an exclusive Romantic shrub, parentage not provided and registration year data not available. |
| Awards and recognition |
Entered as a novelty in the ZSzP Plant Novelties Competition 2021, highlighting its relevance as a recent introduction for premium, collection-oriented rose ranges and specialist nursery assortments. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Compact, bushy shrub reaching 70–110 cm height with 40–70 cm spread, dense dark green slightly glossy foliage (RHS 139A), moderately thorny shoots, suited to bush training with 3–5 strong framework canes. |
| Flower morphology |
Very double, rosette-shaped, cluster-flowered blooms with 40+ petals, large size class (approx. 2.75–3.95 in), remontant with abundant second flush, primarily ornamental with limited pollinator accessibility. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Soft vivid mid-pink with warm undertones; buds pale pink with darker tip, newly opened flowers richer mid-pink inside, fading gradually to pastel pink with slightly creamy centre while retaining colour well overall. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Strong, well-scented rose with sweet, fruity fragrance character, providing clear sensory value for fragrance-led assortments and thematic plantings; primarily ornamental with stamens concealed by very full petals. |
| Hip characteristics |
Rose hips form only to a limited extent due to very double flowers; when present they are small, spherical, 6–10 mm in diameter, with orange-red colouring around RHS 40A, generally of minor ornamental importance. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Hardy to approx. -21 to -18 °C (RHS H7, Swedish zone 3, USDA 6b), moderate disease resistance to powdery mildew, black spot and rust, moderate heat tolerance with irrigation needed in prolonged dry periods. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Recommended for borders, containers, edging and culinary use, medium maintenance with occasional plant protection, best marketed as premium container shrub in 5–7 L pots from bush-trained own-root material. |
RENÉE VAN WEGBERG™ offers compact, bushy Romantica appeal with strong fragrance and colour-stable, very double blooms on predictable, long-lived own-root stock, making it a reliable candidate for premium programmes where we can jointly plan capacity and timing.
