SAMMETGLUT® – dark red bedding Floribunda rose – Kordes
If You dream of a softly lit, “girly” cottage feel outside Your Irish home, SAMMETGLUT® offers a rich, velvety focus point that copes calmly with rainfall and summer’s changeable skies. This classic Kordes floribunda forms a bushy, upright shrub that soon fills out into generous clusters of XL, cup-shaped blooms, glowing from deep crimson to warm brick-red as they age. The flowers are warmly, spicy-scented, so even a short walk past in light drizzle becomes a quietly cheering experience. With good natural self-cleaning, there is little deadheading to worry about, and its medium care needs are easy to handle in ordinary family gardens. Own-root planting means the shrub matures steadily, building a strong framework for decades of longevity and steady ornamental value. Think of it as reliable: in year one it settles and roots, in year two the framework fills out, and from year three onward You enjoy its full flowering impact for many seasons. Ideal for relaxed front gardens, hedging or a bold specimen in a border, SAMMETGLUT® gives You atmospheric colour, satisfying structure and a quietly confident presence without demanding complicated rose know‑how.
Usage options
| Target area | Reasoning |
|---|
| Front garden focal shrub |
SAMMETGLUT® forms a bushy, upright shrub with XL flowers, so one plant near the door or front path quickly becomes a strong visual anchor and scents everyday comings and goings with its warm, spicy fragrance – ideal for the fragrance-loving homeowner. |
| Low, informal flowering hedge |
The variety’s height and spread, together with its clustered, repeat-flowering trusses, make a loosely clipped hedge that screens, colours and perfumes the boundary without needing fiddly shaping – perfect for time-pressed garden beginners. |
| Irish cottage-style mixed border |
Its dark red, glowing colour shades blend beautifully with cottage perennials, while the own-root shrub thickens year after year, giving lasting structure and avoiding the setbacks of graft failure – reassuring for long-term-minded gardeners. |
| Dublin terraced-house front strip |
The good self-cleaning habit means most spent blooms drop away by themselves, keeping a tight front bed looking smart between occasional trims; this suits narrow, street-side plots where easy neatness matters to busy urban residents. |
| Statement specimen in a lawn or gravel bed |
Planting it as a solitary shrub at the recommended wider spacing lets its shapely framework and shifting red tones stand out, offering strong presence from a single hole in the lawn or gravel – attractive for design-aware owners. |
| Large container near seating |
In a 40–50 litre or larger container, SAMMETGLUT® becomes a richly coloured, fragrant companion to a bench or patio, with medium maintenance and own-root resilience allowing easy renewal of top growth over the years for terrace-focused couples. |
| Sunny, slightly exposed coastal garden |
The variety copes well with heat and moderate dryness once established, fitting windy, light coastal plots where a tough, upright shrub with steady flowering is welcome despite the region’s frequent wet, blustery Atlantic weather conditions for practical-minded families. |
| Informal park-style planting in larger gardens |
Its ability to be used as a specimen, in groups or as an informal barrier, combined with medium maintenance and a remontant second flush, builds an easy, long-season framework that matures year by year for relaxed country-plot owners. |
Styling ideas
- Cottage-Romantic Hedge – Plant a loose line of SAMMETGLUT® along a low picket fence, underplant with soft nepeta and hardy geraniums for a scented walkway – ideal for cottage-garden admirers.
- Velvet-Glow Entrance – Use a single shrub by the front gate with white foxgloves and pale pink astrantia to frame a welcoming, fragrant entry – perfect for terraced-house fronts.
- Brick-and-Scarlet Border – Combine SAMMETGLUT® with Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’ and Knautia ‘Red Knight’ to echo its glowing brick-reds, backed by dark green shrubs – suited to bold colour-lovers.
- Patio Scent Corner – Grow one in a 50-litre container by a seating area, adding lavender and thyme in nearby pots to prolong the sensory effect – great for small, paved gardens.
- Parkland Feature Group – Plant a triangle of shrubs in open lawn, edging with Persicaria for a naturalistic look and long-season structure – appealing to owners of larger, informal plots.
Technical cultivar profile
| Characteristic | Data |
|---|
| Name and registration |
Floribunda shrub rose, collection Bedding rose; registered as Scharlachglut, traded as Sammetglut® Bedding rose Scharlachglut; ARS exhibition name Scharlachglut; meaning “Velvet Glow”. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by Wilhelm J. H. Kordes II in Germany, 1943, from ‘Poinsettia’ × ‘Alika’; introduced by W. Kordes’ Söhne in 1952; unregistered cultivar, long-proven in European gardens. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Bushy, upright shrub reaching 110–150 cm high and 85–115 cm wide; moderately dense, dark green, slightly glossy foliage; moderately thorny stems create a sturdy, shapely framework over time. |
| Flower morphology |
Double, cup-shaped, clustered flowers with 26–39 petals; extra-large blooms over 10 cm; remontant floribunda habit with a strong first flush and profuse second flowering later in the season. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Dark red ARS DRR; buds rich scarlet; opens velvety deep red (RHS 60A inner, 53A outer), warming to orange-tinged scarlet then matt brick red before fading, giving layered colour effects on the bush. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Medium-strength, warm, spicy fragrance noticeable at close range and along paths; suitable for gardeners seeking characterful scent without overwhelming intensity near doors, windows or seating. |
| Hip characteristics |
Produces small numbers of spherical rose hips, 8–12 mm across, in attractive orange-red tones (RHS 40A); decorative rather than abundant, offering modest late-season interest for informal plantings. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Hardy to about -26 to -23 °C (H7, USDA 5b, Swedish zone 4); medium resistance to black spot, mildew and rust; tolerates heat and moderate drought but needs supplementary watering in long dry spells. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Use as specimen, hedge, bedding or informal park shrub, also for small-scale climbing; spacing from 90–170 cm depending on role; accepts partial shade; medium maintenance with occasional pest control. |
SAMMETGLUT® offers XL, richly coloured, spicy-scented flowers on a long-lived, own-root shrub that builds reliable structure in Irish family gardens, so You may confidently choose it as a lasting feature plant.
