WALTZ TIME™ – mauve hybrid tea rose – pharmaROSA® NEONATAL rooted cutting
Premium own-root WALTZ TIME™ offers a bushy framework with dense foliage and exhibition-grade flower quality for professional UK nursery and wholesale production, particularly where reliable performance is needed in colder regions with robust winter tolerance and wind exposure. As pharmaROSA® NEONATAL material, these 3–6‑month tray-rooted cuttings form the stable base for a container-led route into 5–7 L premium pots, aligned to exclusive finished-product positioning for retail and reseller channels. The cultivar’s remontant habit, large mauve blooms and double petal structure support a high-value cut-flower and specimen profile, while own-root longevity and regenerative growth help maintain homogeneous stocks over multiple cycles. By year one you establish roots, year two builds structural shoots, and by year three WALTZ TIME™ reaches full ornamental value with predictable flowering and form for planned programmes and collection plantings.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- Premium 5–7 L hybrid tea line – NEONATAL own-root plants grown on into 5–7 L premium containers, highlighting bush-trained structure and large mauve double flowers – target audience/channel: retail / reseller premium rose tables
- Cut-and-garden dual-purpose series – bed- or container-grown WALTZ TIME™ marketed for both garden use and cutting, leveraging remontant flowering and flower quality – target audience/channel: specialist nurseries and florist-linked outlets
- Exhibition mauve collection pot – curated 5–7 L pots featuring named, exhibition-grade hybrid teas where WALTZ TIME™ anchors the mauve segment – target audience/channel: thematic rose collections and connoisseur-focused retailers
- Large 40–50 L feature specimen – own-root, bush-trained plants up-scaled to 40–50 L containers for entrance displays and prestige gardens, using dense foliage and strong framework – target audience/channel: garden centres and landscape contractors
- Cultivar-maintenance mother block – professionally managed own-root stock rows for ongoing cutting and pot-liner production, using the cultivar’s structural reliability and hardiness – target audience/channel: propagation nurseries and integrator networks
Technical cultivar profile
| Name and registration |
Hybrid tea rose WALTZ TIME™ (Registered as DELtos), commercial type hybrid tea rose; American Rose Society exhibition name Saint-Exupéry; collection positioning as a mauve hybrid tea for premium use. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by André Delbard-Chabert (France) from (Christopher Stone × Marcelle Gret) × (Holstein × Bayadère [1951]); introduced by Georges Delbard SA in 1961 as an unregistered hybrid tea cultivar for ornamental and cut-flower use. |
| Awards and recognition |
Data not provided; no documented competition, collectors’ or global awards listed in the available records, so selection should be based on technical and production characteristics rather than formal recognition. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Bushy habit 85–120 cm high and 50–70 cm spread, with dense, slightly glossy dark green foliage and moderate thorns; spent blooms persist and require manual cleaning due to weak self-cleaning performance in production plantings. |
| Flower morphology |
Large L-sized double blooms (26–39 petals), cupped with medium height presentation and solitary hybrid tea form; remontant flowering with a generous second flush suited to premium garden, specimen and cut-flower use. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Mauve-pink with silvery-lilac sheen, ARS mau; RHS 75C outer, 75D inner; buds medium-dark mauve pink, opening to soft silvery mauve, then fading to powdery lavender-pink with a light, silvery tone in strong sun. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Delicate, mild rose fragrance of subtle character; highly double, densely petalled flowers limit stamen access, so pollinator attraction is modest and the cultivar is primarily valued for its ornamental and cut-flower qualities. |
| Hip characteristics |
Produces a small quantity of ovoid, egg-shaped hips, approximately 10–14 mm in diameter, typically orange-red at maturity; hips are present but not a primary ornamental feature compared with the mauve blooms. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Hardy to approximately –21 to –18 °C (RHS H7, USDA 6b, Swedish zone 3); moderate tolerance to heat and drought with watering needed in prolonged dry periods; moderate resistance to powdery mildew, black spot and rust. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Recommended for flower beds, cut-flower use and specimen planting; medium maintenance with occasional plant protection; supplied bush-trained with 3–5 strong framework canes; best routed as premium containers from pharmaROSA NEONATAL stock. |
WALTZ TIME™ gives growers a bushy, exhibition-grade mauve hybrid tea on long-lived own roots, supporting reliable premium container and cut-flower production with stable stands and predictable performance; please contact us to discuss capacity and scheduling.
