A warm copper-apricot tone, rare among groundcover roses, that gently fades into pink-cream.
Synonyms: Cubana · 'Kubana'
Exceptionally profuse, almost continuous until late autumn. Months are approximate, for the climate of Ukraine.
To −20 °C; overwinters under light protection.
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Very light, almost imperceptible.
In bright sun the colour fades quickly — light shade is better.
Dense, glossy, healthy.
Copper-apricot with a pink tint – apricot-pink – creamy pink at the end of flowering
Icebergwhite
Lady Emma Hamiltonapricot-orange
Munstead Wooddark raspberry
Blue for Yousmoky purple · contrastWhere to plant. For borders, the front of flower beds, slopes, drifts and containers; striking both as single plants and in groups. Highlight: a warm copper-apricot tone, rare among groundcover varieties, that gently fades into pink-cream.
Care. Undemanding and tough; the best colour shows in light shade (it fades in scorching sun).
Name. Cubana; in Ukraine it is commonly known as 'Kubana'. Origin: bred by the W. Kordes' Söhne nursery (Germany) in 2001 — as a groundcover rose in a warm apricot colour range that this class had lacked until then. Photo: Wikimedia Commons; public domain (Rosarium Uetersen)
The cultivar’s reference temperature is −20 °C. Overwintering depends on the conditions.
Exceptionally profuse, almost continuous until late autumn.
50–70 cm tall.
Partial shade; in bright sun the colour fades quickly — light shade is better.
Very light, almost imperceptible.
