VENUSIC™ – yellow hybrid tea rose - Delbard-Chabert
Step outside for a few quiet minutes and let VENUSIC™ wrap your garden in soft, golden light and a sense of gentle elegance. This classic hybrid tea opens from warm lemon buds into saffron-yellow cups that keep their colour, even under Ireland’s changeable skies and frequent rainfall, creating a glowing focal point in a cottage border or a tidy Dublin front garden. Its medium, peach-and-green-tea fragrance is noticeable without being overpowering, perfect for a path you brush past daily. Strong disease resistance and low-maintenance care mean there is little for you to do beyond occasional deadheading. As an own-root plant it offers reliable longevity and natural renewal, settling in deeper each season so that by the third year it shows its full ornamental value. Enjoy armfuls of repeat-flowering blooms for cutting, while bees and other visitors are drawn in by its open, pollen-rich hearts.
Usage options
| Target area | Reasoning |
|---|
| Sunny cottage-style flower bed |
VENUSIC™ produces elegant, medium-sized saffron-yellow blooms repeatedly from early summer, giving a long season of colour in a small Irish cottage bed with very little intervention needed, ideal for the relaxed gardener who enjoys ongoing flowers. Perfect for the beginner. |
| Cutting row or rose border for vases |
Its upright hybrid tea habit and solitary, well-formed flowers are made for cutting, so you can gather classic, high-centred stems for the house without spoiling the display outside, as new buds soon follow to refresh the border. Ideal for the homeowner. |
| Front garden focal point by a path |
The medium, peach-and-green-tea fragrance carries nicely as you pass, making VENUSIC™ a lovely choice by a gate or front path where you can enjoy scented, tidy blooms at eye level on glossy dark foliage every time you come and go. Suited to the commuter. |
| Low-maintenance family garden planting |
With good resistance to black spot, mildew and rust, this rose stays in leaf and flower without complicated spraying routines, coping well with Ireland’s humid, disease-prone summers so there is less weekend upkeep and more time to simply enjoy the garden. Great for the busy. |
| Bee-friendly mixed border |
Although double, the open flower form keeps stamens accessible, and pollinators are strongly attracted to its yellow cups, especially when combined with perennials like coneflower and columbine that extend nectar availability through the season. Best for the nature-lover. |
| Long-term planting for settled family homes |
As an own-root shrub, VENUSIC™ builds strength year by year below the soil, then above it, giving a stable, regenerating plant that keeps its character even after hard pruning, providing a reliable presence in the same spot for many seasons. Ideal for the long-term. |
| Irish clay garden with improved drainage |
Once planted into well-prepared, free-draining soil, VENUSIC™ establishes steadily, sending roots deep in the first year and building shoots in the second, before reaching full flowering potential in year three, even where winters are cool and summers relatively short. Designed for the patient. |
| Large container on a sheltered terrace |
In a 40–50 litre pot with good drainage, its upright, reasonably compact growth and repeat-flowering habit provide a long-lasting vertical accent, while its disease resistance and tidy foliage reduce routine care, even when exposed to soft Atlantic breezes and showers. Ideal for the urbanite. |
Styling ideas
- Cottage-Glow Border – Combine VENUSIC™ with Aquilegia and lamb’s ear to echo its soft yellow and create a relaxed, romantic cottage feel with long-flowering, low-fuss structure – for lovers of informal charm.
- Front-Door Welcome – Plant as a single specimen by a gate or step, underplanted with low lavender for contrast, to offer fragrance and cheerful colour to passers-by with little ongoing work – for busy city homeowners.
- Cutting-Garden Row – Line a narrow bed with evenly spaced bushes, interplanted with Echinacea, so you can harvest elegant stems while pollinators enjoy the open flowers all summer – for home florists.
- Golden-Tea Terrace – Grow VENUSIC™ in a 50 litre terracotta pot with airy grasses for texture, creating an easy-care, upright accent that brightens a patio table area – for apartment and townhouse gardeners.
- Family-Friendly Stripe – Use as a low, fragrant hedge along a lawn edge, backed by simple green shrubs, giving repeat flowers and structure children can pick from without the bed looking bare – for young families.
Technical cultivar profile
| Characteristic | Data |
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| Name and registration |
Hybrid tea rose, registered as DELdra, marketed as Venusic™ Hybrid tea rose DELdra; exhibition name Venusic; part of the Rós taehibride group for garden and cutting use. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by André Delbard-Chabert in France, 1966, from complex hybrid tea and grandiflora parentage including ‘Queen Elizabeth’, ‘Provence’, ‘Madame Joseph Perraud’ and ‘Bayadère’, introduced by Georges Delbard nurseries. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Upright hybrid tea shrub reaching about 100–140 cm high and 60–80 cm wide, with dense, glossy dark green foliage and moderate thorns; spent blooms usually need manual removal for best appearance. |
| Flower morphology |
Double, cup-shaped flowers with 26–39 petals and a slight central rise, medium-sized at 4–7 cm, borne mostly solitary on stems; remontant habit gives an abundant second flush after the main summer display. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Saffron-yellow blooms with golden sheen, RHS 14B outer, 15C inner; buds open bright lemon then fade gently to pale butter-yellow, retaining a warm tone and deeper colour toward petal bases through the flowering period. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Medium-strength, noticeable scent combining soft peach notes with a fresh green-tea character; best appreciated at close range on still days and especially attractive near paths, doors and seating areas. |
| Hip characteristics |
Moderate crop of small, ellipsoid orange-red hips, about 6–10 mm across, adding discrete autumn interest without overwhelming the shrub or significantly reducing repeat flowering earlier in the season. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Classed as resistant to black spot, powdery mildew and rust; reliably hardy to about −21 to −18 °C (RHS H7, Swedish Zone 3, USDA 6b), suitable for most Irish regions with normal garden protection. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Best in a sunny position with improved drainage on heavy clay; plant 40–75 cm apart depending on use; low maintenance with occasional deadheading and light pruning, ideal for beds, hedging and cut flowers. |
VENUSIC™ – yellow hybrid tea rose - Delbard-Chabert offers repeat-cutting blooms, dependable disease resistance and long-lived own-root growth, making it a thoughtful choice if you would like lasting colour with modest effort.
