A PESTI SRÁCOK EMLÉKE – dark red bedding floribunda rose
Step outside for a few quiet minutes after the rain and let the deep, velvety blooms of A PESTI SRÁCOK EMLÉKE bring a feeling of gentle contentment to your garden. This compact bedding floribunda was bred for reliable flowering in real-life conditions, coping well with Ireland’s soft light, regular showers and heavier soils where drainage can be a concern. Its bushy, mid-green foliage and clusters of dark-red cups create a naturally harmonious cottage look, fitting easily into front borders and small terraced plots without demanding expert attention. Planted on its own roots, it is built for longevity and steady performance, settling in as roots in year one, leafy shoots in year two and full ornamental value by year three, so you can enjoy dependable colour with only light pruning and basic care. Semi-double flowers with accessible stamens add quiet wildlife interest for bees, keeping the scene lively yet relaxed in your everyday routine.
Usage options
| Target area |
Reasoning |
| Front garden bedding strip by the path |
The compact, bushy habit and mid-height (around 60–80 cm) make this rose ideal for narrow beds along a front path, where you want strong colour without a fussy maintenance regime; perfect for busy urban homeowners who enjoy easy structure, especially beginners. |
| Small Irish cottage garden border |
Repeat flowering in clustered, dark-red cups keeps borders cheerful from summer into autumn, even in cooler, shorter Irish seasons, giving that traditional cottage look with little more than annual pruning and mulch, suiting relaxed, time-pressed gardeners. |
| Low flowering hedge along a boundary |
Planted at 40 cm intervals, the bushy growth knits into a low, colourful hedge that defines paths or driveways yet stays manageable, with strong own-root resilience promising many years of service for practical, long-term focused homeowners. |
| Mixed bed with shrubs and evergreens |
The dark, velvety red flowers contrast beautifully with mid-green foliage and small-leaved evergreens, helping to create a harmonious, “girly” cottage feel that looks thoughtfully designed without needing specialist skills, ideal for style-conscious but casual planters. |
| Rougher, low-input family side garden |
Good disease resistance and low routine needs mean this rose copes well where spraying and frequent checks are not realistic, keeping its leaves healthy and its form tidy with minimal attention, suiting families who prefer robust, low-effort plantings. |
| Wildlife-friendly family border |
Semi-double flowers with partially accessible stamens offer moderate interest to bees, while modest red hips add seasonal structure, so you can weave a subtle wildlife thread into a neat family border without sacrificing order, appealing to nature-minded buyers. |
| Clay soil garden with improved drainage |
Once planted into loosened, compost-enriched soil, this rose forms a stable, long-lived framework that copes well with typical Irish rainfall and heavier ground, as long as excess water can drain away, reassuring cautious, soil-aware gardeners. |
| Large patio container or doorstep pot |
In a generous 40–50 litre container with good compost and drainage, its compact, floribunda habit delivers a long season of colour right by your door, with simple deadheading and watering routines, well-suited to small-space, city-based residents. |
Styling ideas
- Cottage-Ribbon – Drift a line of these roses along a low picket fence with foxgloves behind for a soft cottage feel – ideal for romantic front-garden owners.
- Velvet-Contrast – Pair the dark-red blooms with pale pink geraniums and silver foliage for a chic yet easy look – for colour-loving beginners.
- Family-Edge – Use as a low hedge edging a lawn or play area, giving structure without prickly height – perfect for families wanting tidy, low-care borders.
- Patio-Focus – Plant one rose in a large 50 litre terracotta pot with trailing thyme around the base – great for balcony and small-patio dwellers.
- Wildlife-Drift – Mix with ornamental grasses and simple perennials to blend flowers, hips and movement – suited to nature-oriented gardeners.
Technical cultivar profile
| Property |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Trade name A PESTI SRÁCOK EMLÉKE, floribunda bedding rose in the Rósra bhláthchlóis group; exhibition category shrub rose, ARS exhibition name identical; own-root, container-grown for garden use. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by Márk Gergely in Hungary around 2000 from ‘II. Rákóczi Ferenc emléke’ × ‘Ama’; introduced in 2006 by PharmaRosa® Ltd., with registration year not recorded in available sources. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Bushy, compact shrub to about 60–80 cm high and 60–85 cm wide, with moderately dense, matt, mid-green foliage, medium prickliness and a neat outline suitable for beds, borders and low hedging. |
| Flower morphology |
Semi-double, cup-shaped flowers with 13–25 petals, medium-sized at roughly 4–7 cm, borne in clusters typical of floribundas, providing abundant first and strong repeat flushes through the season. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Uniform deep dark-red blooms with a burgundy tone, ARS dark red and RHS 187A–187B; colour holds well with only slight lightening in strong sun, maintaining a velvety appearance over a long flowering period. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Classed as a scentless rose with no noticeable fragrance, chosen mainly for its strong colour effect, tidy growth and garden performance rather than for aromatic qualities in close planting schemes. |
| Hip characteristics |
Produces moderate numbers of small, spherical red hips, approximately 10–14 mm across, adding an extra note of colour and seasonal interest in late summer and autumn without overwhelming the plant. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Rated H7 and hardy to about −21 to −18 °C, suitable for USDA zone 6b; shows good resistance to powdery mildew, black spot and rust, with reliable heat and moderate drought tolerance in summers. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Best in sunny positions for beds, borders, low hedges and urban plantings; space 40–75 cm depending on use, plant in well-drained soil, mulch annually, and prune lightly each spring to renew flowering wood. |
A PESTI SRÁCOK EMLÉKE offers compact, long-season dark-red colour, dependable disease resistance and the durable stability of an own-root shrub, making it a thoughtful, low-effort choice for your next garden planting.
