Sava™ Taste of Love® BOZreka023 – pharmaROSA® NEONATAL rooted cutting
Remontant flowering on a compact, upright bed-shrub frame makes Sava™ a practical choice for tray-based propagation into 2–3 L standard containers and reliable retail ranges focused on performance. Its dense, mid‑green, slightly glossy foliage and medium maintenance needs support predictable scheduling for nurseries serving thematic and show gardens, while own‑root material underpins long‑term stability in collection beds and wholesale stock. With H7 hardiness to -21–-18 °C it integrates well into UK nursery networks where winter and wind exposure are routine, and heat tolerance supports consistent summer production. The fresh, fruity, medium fragrance and vivid deep pink, cup‑shaped clusters deliver a reliable flower-bed aesthetic for “standard finished product” positioning. As roots establish in year one, followed by framework-building shoots in year two and full ornamental expression by year three, this cultivar aligns cleanly with professional capacity planning across multi‑year programmes.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- 2–3 L Taste of Love® colour-and-scent line – compact, remontant, deep pink clusters with fresh, fruity fragrance in standard 2–3 L containers, built on own-root NEONATAL uniformity – garden-centre and multiple-reseller shrub tables
- Project-ready edging modules – upright, dense, medium-maintenance shrubs pre-grown in 2–3 L for quick installation in flower beds and edging schemes – public-realm, municipal and institutional tenders
- Gastronomy-inspired rose selection – curate Sava™ within a Taste of Love® concept focusing on fragrance and colour, using homogeneous own-root batches as a base range – specialist retailers and hospitality-linked outlets
- Collection-bed and mother-stock blocks – own-root NEONATAL material established in field or large containers (40–50 L) for long-term cultivar maintenance and stable cutting wood – nurseries building cultivar collections
- Heat-tolerant retail feature displays – exploit good heat tolerance and vivid flower colour to create summer focal benches, with predictable flowering from remontant habit – high-footfall garden centres and DIY chains
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Sava™ Taste of Love® BOZreka023 is a shrub rose in the bed rose commercial group, registered as BOZreka023 and positioned as a standard finished product for flower bed and container use. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by Biljana Božanić Tanjga at Pheno Geno Roses d.o.o., introduced after 2023 via PhenoGeno Roses (Serbia); parentage is unknown, with registration recorded in 2023. |
| Awards and recognition |
not provided |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Compact, upright shrub 40–60 cm high and 35–50 cm wide with dense, mid-green, slightly glossy foliage and moderate prickliness; self-cleaning behaviour currently not provided by available data. |
| Flower morphology |
Medium-sized, very double (26–39 petals) cluster-flowered cups, producing remontant flushes with a notably abundant second flowering period, suitable for bed and container presentation. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Vivid deep pink with lilac and carmine tones, coded RHS 63B outer and 65C inner; colour gradually lightens to powder pink and pale lilac, with relatively poor long-term colour retention reported. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Fresh, fruity fragrance of medium strength gives noticeably scented displays; stamens are partly concealed by double petals, so pollinator attractiveness is presumed limited in production and garden settings. |
| Hip characteristics |
Hip set is expected to be limited because of very double flowers, but small spherical red hips 6–9 mm in diameter may appear sporadically when pollination and conditions are favourable. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Hardy to approximately -21–-18 °C (RHS H7; Swedish zone 3; USDA 6b); moderate resistance to black spot, powdery mildew and rust, with good heat tolerance but no specific drought tolerance data. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Recommended for flower beds, edging, containers and gastronomy concepts, with medium maintenance needs and occasional plant protection; supplied as bush-trained, compact plants suited to standard container routes. |
Sava™ Taste of Love® BOZreka023 offers compact remontant colour, dependable heat tolerance and own-root longevity for stable, homogeneous stands; please contact us to align capacities and scheduling to your production plans.
