ROSA PIMPINELLIFOLIA MON AMIE CLAIRE – pink landscape shrub rose – Ivan Louette
Landscape projects and collection-focused nurseries gain a resilient, own-root basis with ROSA PIMPINELLIFOLIA MON AMIE CLAIRE, a compact botanical shrub rose delivering fast, homogeneous coverage and low-input maintenance for project mass planting routes. Its dense, matt, dark bluish-green foliage and strongly remontant, semi-double blooms support uniform, bush-trained finished stock in 1.5–2 L containers, simplifying scheduling and batch presentation. Consistently high disease resistance and H7-level winter hardiness to around −29 °C underpin reliable performance for nursery networks and public-realm supply chains, even where winter and wind can be challenging. Strong pollinator attraction and decorative, bird-feeding hips align with ecological specifications in thematic and naturalistic rose collections, while own-root regeneration offers a durable, renewable planting base with predictable capacity over the long term. Developed for professional propagation beds and container grow-on, these tray-rooted cuttings fit easily into integrated production workflows and support stable, low-replacement stands by year 3, following a natural progression from root establishment in year 1 to structural shoot build-up in year 2.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- Pollinator Hedge Line – Uniform, bush-trained shrubs in 1.5–2 L containers emphasising strongly pollinator-friendly, remontant flowering for ecological hedge and boundary lines – landscape contractor and public-realm supply.
- Botanical Park Shrub – Project mass planting product built on compact, dense growth and verified botanical origin, ideal for repeatable park shrub modules and themed Scots rose collections – project-serving wholesalers.
- Eco-Rock Garden Unit – Small-container, bush-trained stock positioned for rock gardens and exposed beds, combining good drought tolerance with low-maintenance care needs – integrator systems and garden project chains.
- Urban Wildlife Block – Hedge or block-planting SKU highlighting decorative, bird-feeding hips and resilient, own-root structure for long-term, low-replacement urban wildlife corridors – municipal and institutional tenders.
- Collection Series Rosa pimpinellifolia – Curated line of botanical roses where this cultivar anchors assortments through authentic breeding background and compact habit, supplied as consistent 1.5–2 L shrubs – specialist nurseries and show gardens.
Technical cultivar profile
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| Name and registration |
Current trade name: ROSA PIMPINELLIFOLIA MON AMIE CLAIRE – pink landscape shrub rose – Ivan Louette; commercial group: Botanical rose; exhibition category: shrub rose for hedging and park use. |
| Origin and breeding |
Botanical shrub rose bred in Belgium by Ivan Louette in 2005 from ‘Stanwell Perpetual’ × Rosa pimpinellifolia dwarf form (Quiberon, Brittany); detailed breeding company and introduction year not provided. |
| Awards and recognition |
Recommended in Scots roses trials at M.M. Gryshko Botanical Garden, Kyiv (2021) as a cultivar of high ornamental value and strong winter hardiness for urban green space applications in continental conditions. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Bushy, compact shrub with dense, matt, dark bluish-green foliage and sparsely thorned shoots; forms uniform, hedge-suitable plants; height and spread data not provided, but structure favours dense, coherent planting lines. |
| Flower morphology |
Semi-double flowers, 13–25 petals, medium size around 4–5 cm in clustered inflorescences of 3–5 blooms per stem; strongly remontant, giving a generous second flowering flush after the main early-season display. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Soft, pale pink pastel blooms (ARS mp, RHS 65C/65D) opening to near white or cream-white with a delicate veil; colour fades gradually without sudden bleaching, giving a light, refined effect across the shrub during flowering. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Documented as having a strong, clearly perceptible rose fragrance; detailed scent character beyond intensity is not provided, but aromatic value adds to ornamental impact in hedge and specimen shrub applications. |
| Hip characteristics |
Produces numerous small, spherical hips around 10–15 mm, dark red to blackish; hips are decorative, edible and valued as winter bird food, extending interest and ecological function beyond the main flowering period. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
High resistance noted to powdery mildew, black spot and rust; hardiness rated RHS H7, approximately −29 to −23 °C, with Swedish zone 4 and USDA 5a, supporting reliable performance in cold, exposed landscape sites. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Suited to hedges, specimen shrubs, rock gardens, naturalistic and woodland-edge beds and container cultivation; low maintenance with occasional pruning and feeding; finished form recommended as uniform, dense, bush-trained stock. |
ROSA PIMPINELLIFOLIA MON AMIE CLAIRE offers compact, fast-covering, disease-resistant shrub structure on a durable own-root base for predictable, low-replacement stands; please contact us to align on propagation volumes and delivery windows.
