Rosa "Beverly"

• Type: hybrid tea rose, repeat-flowering
• Botanical name: Rosa 'Beverly' (KORpauvio)
• Breeder: W. Kordes' Söhne, Germany, 2007
• Height and spread: 100–140 cm / 70–110 cm
• Flowering: June–September, repeat; 8–10 cm pink, very double blooms (50–55 petals)
• Fragrance: strong, fruity-citrus
• Light: full sun
• Soil: fertile, loose, loamy, well-drained
• Hardiness: USDA 5b (to −26 °C); mound the base for winter in Estonia
• Disease resistance: very good against black spot, good against powdery mildew
• Use: rose beds, cut flowers, scented garden
• Size: potted rose plant

Planting. Choose a sunny, airy spot (at least 6 hours of sun a day) with fertile, loose, loamy soil that never stays waterlogged, pH 6–7. Dig a hole about 50×50 cm and add compost or well-rotted manure at the bottom. Set the graft union 3–5 cm below soil level – in the Estonian climate this protects it in winter. A potted plant can be planted throughout the season, from May to September; space plants 60–70 cm apart.

Watering and feeding. Water deeply but not too often – 10–15 l per plant once a week, more often in hot weather, ideally in the morning and at the base without wetting the leaves. In spring give a nitrogen-rich or complete rose fertiliser, again a complete feed when the buds form and after the first flush, and from mid-July only potassium-phosphorus feed without nitrogen so the shoots ripen before winter.

Care. In spring, as the buds swell, remove frost-damaged and thin shoots and cut strong ones back to 4–6 buds. In summer deadhead to the first five-leaflet leaf so 'Beverly' produces new buds sooner. For winter, once light frosts have set in (around −5 °C, usually late October–November), mound dry soil or compost 20–25 cm high around the base and cover with spruce branches or horticultural fleece; remove the cover gradually in April.

Gardener's tip. The scent of 'Beverly' is strongest in the morning and in warm, humid weather – plant it by a path, terrace or bench. For the vase, cut the blooms as half-open buds.