Theo Clevers™ Taste of Love® BOZkatafra – pharmaROSA® NEONATAL rooted cutting
Compact habit, remontant flowering and edible petals make Theo Clevers™ a versatile shrub for professional ranges built on own-root material, particularly where reliable garden performance and medium-pink, very double flowers are key in standard container production for 2–3 L routes. Its bush-trained form and moderate height suit dense bed and edging schemes that must stay uniform across batches, supporting nursery and reseller expectations of a consistent, retail-ready shrub rose. Disease resistant foliage, rated to H7 with Swedish zone 3 hardiness, helps underpin predictable output for nursery networks needing dependable quality in varied UK conditions, even where winters are cold and winds persistent in exposed northern and Scottish sites. The own-root NEONATAL tray format supports scalable propagation, with roots establishing in year one, framework building in year two and full ornamental value expressed from year three, aligning with wholesale planning horizons and long-term stock security for thematic rose gardens and collection-led projects that demand cultivar identity and stability as a commercial asset.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- 2–3 L Taste of Love® edible rose line – NEONATAL own-root Theo Clevers™ in standard 2–3 L pots, promoted as an edible-flower shrub with reliable remontant flowering and compact growth for retail benches – retail/reseller assortments.
- Mid-pink bedding and edging series – uniform, bushy plants lined out or container-grown for flowerbeds and edging, capitalising on compact habit and disease resistance to support low-complaint, reliable garden performance – garden centre and DIY chains.
- Patio fragrance collection – 2–3 L containers highlighting mild fruity fragrance and medium-pink, very double blooms, positioned for patios and small gardens where compact yet floriferous shrubs are required – independent nurseries.
- Thematic edible and ornamental display blocks – own-root stock raised in beds or 40–50 L containers for show gardens or educational edible-rose collections, combining edible flowers, ornamental hips and stable cultivar identity – public-realm and institutional projects.
- Private-label modern shrub concept – integrate Theo Clevers™ as a core pink shrub in a branded, reliable-performance range, using NEONATAL material for homogeneous crops and predictable flowering for seasonal promotions – integrated nursery networks.
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Modern shrub, edible rose in the Taste of Love® collection, registered as BOZkatafra and traded as Theo Clevers™ Taste of Love® BOZkatafra for professional shrub rose production. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by Biljana Božanić Tanjga at PhenoGeno Roses, parentage unknown; introduced and registered in 2019 via PhenoGeno Roses (Serbia) for modern shrub and edible-flower use. |
| Awards and recognition |
not provided |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Bushy, compact shrub reaching 60–90 cm height with 40–60 cm spread, moderately dense, mid-green, slightly glossy foliage and moderate prickliness; commercial type flowerbed shrub rose, bed rose group. |
| Flower morphology |
Medium-sized, clustered, very double rosette blooms with 40+ petals, remontant with abundant second flowering; flower diameter typically in the 1.5–2.75 inch range for continuous ornamental display. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Medium pink with uniform shade; newly opened buds medium pink with silky sheen, outer petals slightly lighter, fading to pastel pink with softer petal edges and a slightly paler petal base; moderate colour retention. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Delicate, mild fruity fragrance with restrained scent intensity; fully double, 26–39 petalled flowers limit pollinator access, so the cultivar is mainly ornamental rather than a high pollinator resource. |
| Hip characteristics |
Occasionally sets small spherical orange-red hips, 5–8 mm in diameter, adding modest seasonal ornamental interest without dominating the shrub’s overall garden effect in production or landscape use. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Rated resistant overall with moderate powdery mildew tolerance, resistant to black spot and rust; winter hardy to approximately -21 to -18 °C, RHS H7, Swedish zone 3, USDA zone 6b, with moderate drought tolerance. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Suitable for flowerbeds, edging, containers, patios, specimen and edible-flower use; prefers well-ventilated positions, needing plant protection in enclosed humid sites; moderate maintenance; recommended standard-container route in 2–3 L pots. |
Theo Clevers™ Taste of Love® BOZkatafra combines compact bushy growth, remontant medium-pink blooms and disease resistance in an own-root form that supports predictable, durable stands; please contact us to align capacity and scheduling for your programmes.