Berleburg National Parks® POUlbella – pharmaROSA® NEONATAL rooted cutting
Floribunda performance, compact habit and reliably remontant flowering make Berleburg National Parks® POUlbella a practical choice for nursery-scale finishing into standard container product in 2–3 L pots, where stable, pink bedding colour is required with low labour input and predictable scheduling; its disease-resistant foliage, proven H7 winter hardiness down to approximately -26 °C and suitability for Scandinavian-style climates support confident outdoor production and long-term planting in exposed UK projects similar to Scotland and Northern England, while own-root longevity allows you to build homogeneous mother blocks and working stock with low replacement pressure as the crop moves from Year 1 roots through Year 2 framework to full ornamental value by Year 3, underpinned by medium-sized, cluster-flowered, pollinator-friendly, fragrant pink heads well aligned to mainstream retail and reseller channels seeking reliable garden performance.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- 2–3 L Retail Floribunda Line – Compact, upright bushes finished in 2–3 L standard containers, highlighting repeat pink flowering and good disease resistance – retail and reseller programmes.
- Pollinator-Friendly Pink Bed Rose – Cluster-flowered, bee-attracting pink plants bench-run as a themed bed-rose block in 2–3 L pots, using low-intervention cultivation – garden centres and lifestyle retailers.
- Hardy Floribunda Collection – H7-hardy, own-root stock presented as a cool-climate floribunda range, grown on from NEONATAL cuttings for predictable northern UK supply – regional and public-realm suppliers.
- Fragrant Compact Landscape Rose – Medium-fragrant, compact bushes produced in 2–3 L containers as a reliable, low-maintenance landscape unit for schemes needing repeat colour – landscape and municipal contractors.
- Collection and Mother-Block Starter Packs – Uniform own-root batches for establishing cultivar collection beds and long-term mother blocks with low replacement needs – specialist nurseries and collection gardens.
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Floribunda bed rose registered as POUlbella, traded as Berleburg National Parks® POUlbella, with Berleburg recognised as the American Rose Society exhibition name. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred in Denmark in 1989 by L. Pernille Olesen at Poulsen Roser A/S, from the cross Egeskov® × Dolly®, introduced commercially by Poulsen Roser A/S in 1996, registered in 1992. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Compact, upright, bushy habit reaching about 35–50 cm in height with 55–85 cm spread, moderately dense, glossy mid-green foliage and moderate prickliness; self-cleaning performance not provided. |
| Flower morphology |
Medium-sized, double, cup-shaped blooms with roughly 26–39 petals, produced in clusters; remontant habit with an especially abundant second flush, suitable for season-long ornamental coverage. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Pure medium pink with a slightly warm tone, initially vivid mid-pink then lightening to soft, uniform pink; colour retention moderate, with ARS code not provided and RHS 68C outer, 67B inner recorded. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Medium-strength, noticeable fragrance described as fresh with raspberry notes; the full, open flowers expose stamens and pollen, attracting bees and supporting pollinator-friendly plantings where scent is valued. |
| Hip characteristics |
Moderate autumn hip set if spent flowers are not removed, forming approximately 10–14 mm diameter hips; hip colour and exact shape not provided, but presence should be considered where deadheading is limited. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Rated resistant to powdery mildew, black spot and rust, supporting low-intervention programmes; winter-hardy approximately to -26–-23 °C, corresponding to RHS H7, Swedish Zone 4 and USDA Zone 5b conditions. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Primary use data not provided; recommended as a low-maintenance, disease-resistant, bush-trained compact plant for standard container production, ideally in 2–3 L pots, with other specific guidance not provided. |
Berleburg National Parks® POUlbella offers compact, remontant, disease-resistant performance on a predictable, long-lived own-root base, making it a dependable floribunda choice for planned capacity and scheduling discussions.
