RESOLUT® – orange-red bedding floribunda rose - Tantau
Floribunda performance, bushy structure and compact release form make RESOLUT® a practical own-root base for nursery container lines and bed-production for retail and project supply. Its orange-red XL blooms, carried in clustered, high-centred inflorescences, support both bedding and cut-stem oriented concepts where a consistent, recognisable flower form is needed. Medium maintenance and moderate disease tolerance are compatible with professional crop protection programmes for standard finished products. On own roots, plants build predictable, renewable framework wood for long-term park and urban-planting contracts, while the development arc from root establishment in year one, structural shoot build-up in year two and full ornamental value from year three is well suited to UK nursery planning and cyclic public-realm stocking. Its hardiness profile allows reliable overwintering in production, including colder northern sites, offering dependable series output even for routes serving exposed, wind-prone northern and coastal schemes where winter robustness is essential for specification compliance.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- 2–3 L bedding floribunda line – compact, bush-trained plants in standard 2–3 L containers, highlighting vivid orange-red XL, high-centred blooms and reliable garden performance – retail and garden-centre channel.
- Urban colour-block series – massed RESOLUT® units for flower beds, parks and urban green spaces, supplied as robust own-root stock for medium-maintenance, repeat-flowering schemes – municipal and landscape framework tenders.
- Large-impact project tubs – 40–50 L containers with well-structured, bushy plants carrying strong orange-red clusters for entrances and formal public areas – landscape architects and project-based contractors.
- Thematic collection accession – labelled RESOLUT® plants for floribunda or Tantau history collections, using own-root material for long-term genetic and visual stability – show gardens, historic and educational collections.
- Propagation-mother block – NEONATAL own-root plants established in nursery beds as stable stock for in-house cutting production, feeding standard container ranges – integrated nursery and wholesale propagation systems.
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Resolut® bedding rose Tantau, floribunda bed rose, shrub rose exhibition category, no registered cultivar name recorded, derived from the German “resolut”, meaning determined and resolute. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by Mathias Tantau Jr., Rosen Tantau, Germany; floribunda type with unknown parentage, breeding year 1962, introduced by Rosen Tantau with exact registration and introduction years not provided. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Bushy, compact plant with dense, dark green, glossy foliage; height approximately 75–105 cm with 55–85 cm spread; moderately thorny shoots; no specific data available on self-cleaning behaviour. |
| Flower morphology |
Very double, XL-sized blooms from around 3.5 inches, high-centred, pointed-budded, typically in clusters of three to five per stem, with strong repeat flowering and an abundant secondary flush. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Warm orange-red colouring (RHS 40B outer, 46A inner), deep and velvety in bud, brightening to vivid orange-red at full bloom, then softening towards a lighter vermilion-red tone as the flowers age. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Pleasantly piquant fragrance with clearly noticeable, medium strength scent; double flower form partly conceals stamens, giving limited accessibility and therefore only modest attraction for pollinating insects. |
| Hip characteristics |
Produces spherical red hips, approximately 6–10 mm in diameter, in moderate quantities, offering additional ornamental value in the post-flowering period where hips are left to develop on the plant. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Moderate resistance to powdery mildew, black spot and rust under standard management; hardy to approximately -21 to -18 °C, corresponding to RHS H7, Swedish Zone 3 and USDA Zone 6b classification. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Recommended for flower beds, parks and urban green spaces; medium maintenance with occasional pest and disease control; supplied bush-trained for standard container production, optimally in 2–3 L pots. |
RESOLUT® bedding rose Tantau combines compact, bushy structure with vivid XL blooms and reliable hardiness on a long-lived own-root base, offering predictable, low-replacement stands for which we would be pleased to align volumes and scheduling.
