Shalom – orange-red park rose – pharmaROSA® NEONATAL rooted cutting
Shalom offers growers a vigorous, upright framework and dense, glossy foliage that builds quickly from pharmaROSA® NEONATAL rooted cuttings into reliable park and shrub rose lines for nursery and wholesale programmes. Its semi-double, cluster-flowered, large blooms in a fire-glowing orange-red palette give strong bed and specimen impact, well aligned with a standard finished product route in 2–3 L containers for retail and reseller channels. As an own-root propagation base, it supports long-term stand stability, predictable regeneration and reduced replacement in propagation beds and collection-style plantings, valuable where reliable garden performance is central to your offer. It is suited to UK field or container production, including more exposed northern and inland sites where winter and wind tolerance are important for dependable scheduling and dispatch planning. Development is progressive under professional culture, with roots consolidating in year one, structural shoots in year two and full ornamental expression by year three across beds, parks and project-led thematic rose gardens.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- 2–3 L park-shrub retail line – Upright, dense shrubs with vivid orange-red cluster blooms finished in 2–3 L standard containers from NEONATAL own-root cuttings, positioned as reliable garden performance stock for garden-centre and reseller benches – retail / reseller.
- Park and estate border units – Medium-maintenance, moderately disease-tolerant park shrubs grown on from NEONATAL material for field planting or 5–7.5 L step-up containers, supplying durable, reliable lines for local authority and estate schemes – public-realm / landscape.
- Thematic orange collection shrub – Colour-consistent, fire-glowing blooms integrated into curated orange-red collections, produced via standard 2–3 L containers for easy merchandising within colour blocks – specialist rose ranges / themed garden offers.
- Large 40–50 L focal specimens – Taller, own-root shrubs developed into 40–50 L containers to give instant structure and colour in commercial and hospitality plantings, supported by the cultivar’s upright framework and long-term stability – amenity / commercial projects.
- Collection and stock-bed material – Authenticated NEONATAL own-root plants raised through standard container stages to form stable stock beds and collection stands, ensuring long-term cultivar integrity and dependable garden performance – nurseries / gene-bank style collections.
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Registered as POULsha, marketed as Shalom – orange-red park rose – Poulsen; shrub rose in the Park – shrub rose commercial group, ARS exhibition name Shalom, authenticity verified 14.05.2025. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by Niels Dines Poulsen, Poulsen Roser A/S, Denmark, from a 'Korona' seedling × 'Korona' seedling cross; bred 1972, registered and introduced 1973 by Poulsen Roser A/S. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Upright shrub to approximately 150–210 cm high, 80–120 cm spread, with dense, glossy dark green foliage and moderate prickliness; no specific self-cleaning data currently recorded. |
| Flower morphology |
Semi-double, cupped, cluster-flowered blooms with 13–25 petals, typically in the large size range around 2.75–3.95 inches, remontant with a generous second flush through the season. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Buds shiny deep orange-red (RHS 34A/33B), opening to vivid orange-red with salmon sheen, then fading to orange-pink with bronze tinge; overall effect a harmonious, fire-glowing orange-red blend, with moderate colour retention. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
No noticeable fragrance, assessed as scentless; semi-double form and accessible stamens provide moderate attractiveness to pollinating insects in mixed ornamental and ecological plantings. |
| Hip characteristics |
Produces sparse, ovoid rose hips 8–12 mm in diameter, orange-red (RHS 40A) when present; hips are occasional rather than abundant under normal garden and landscape conditions. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Moderate resistance to powdery mildew, black spot and rust; hardy to approximately -21 to -18 °C (RHS H7, Swedish Zone 3, USDA 6b); tolerates heat but not prolonged drought, requiring regular watering in dry spells. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Recommended for flower beds, parks, cut use and specimen roles; medium maintenance with occasional plant protection; supplied as bush-trained, compact plants, best routed through standard container production, 2–3 L target pot size. |
Shalom offers upright, large-flowered colour impact and moderate disease resilience on a predictable, regenerating own-root base, making it a practical shrub choice for stable nursery stands and coordinated capacity planning; please contact us to align volumes and timing.