About the name
Name. Bonita Renaissance (synonyms Bonita, Memories of You); in Ukraine it is called 'Bonita Renesans'. Origin: bred by the Poulsen nursery (Renaissance series), Denmark, 2001. Photo: Rosarium Lottum nursery (rosariumlottum.com)
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Bonita Renaissance
Large cup-shaped flowers in a warm salmon-apricot tone with a strong sweet fragrance.
Synonyms: Bonita · Memories of You · The St Edmund's Rose
Variety profile
Flowering
Repeat flowering
Continuous from late spring until frost. Months are approximate, for the climate of Ukraine.
Plant size
150 cm
- Habit
- Upright, bushy shrub
- Dimensions
- About 1.5 m
- Support
- Not needed.
Flower
12–13 cm
- Flower shape
- Large, very double, cup-shaped, rosette-form
- Flower size
- Large, 12–13 cm
- Clusters
- Borne singly and in small clusters
Fragrance
Strong, sweet
Sun
Full sun or light partial shade
Foliage
Healthy, glossy, dark green.
All characteristics in a table
- Group
- Shrub; Renaissance series
- Flower shape
- Large, very double, cup-shaped, rosette-form
- Colour
- Warm salmon-apricot with a lighter reverse to the petals
- Flower size
- Large, 12–13 cm
- Clusters
- Borne singly and in small clusters
- Flowering
- Continuous from late spring until frost
- Fragrance
- Strong, sweet
- Habit
- Upright, bushy shrub
- Dimensions
- About 1.5 m
- Foliage
- Healthy, glossy, dark green
- Resistance
- Good winter hardiness; high disease resistance
- Support
- Not needed.
- Use
- Specimen plant, mixed border, warm colour accent
- Care
- Undemanding; feeding and removing spent flowers
Colour scheme
Warm salmon-apricot with a lighter reverse to the petals
Rose neighbours
Perennials to plant nearby
Neighbouring roses
More about the variety
- Use
- Specimen plant, mixed border, warm colour accent
- Care
- Undemanding; feeding and removing spent flowers
How to grow
Where to plant. As a specimen plant or a warm colour accent in a mixed border; looks good beside blue-violet perennials. Highlight: large cup-shaped flowers in a warm salmon-apricot tone and a powerful sweet fragrance; the Renaissance series was created as a Danish answer to English roses.
Care. Undemanding, with high disease resistance; flowers continuously until frost with regular feeding.
Frequently asked questions about Bonita Renaissance
How many times a season does Bonita Renaissance flower?
Continuous from late spring until frost.
How big does Bonita Renaissance grow?
About 150 cm tall.
How much sun does Bonita Renaissance need?
Sun; full sun or light partial shade.
What does Bonita Renaissance smell like?
Strong, sweet.