Bright lemon-yellow base colour with a delicate orange-red edging that later shades towards pink. - park rose - medium-strength, well-scented rose - scent description not available
– Lush, upright shrub with dense dark foliage.
– Bright lemon-yellow blooms with red edging.
– Abundant repeat flowering through the season.
– Good disease, heat and drought tolerance.
– Ideal for hedges, beds and urban plantings.
– Special feature: Awarded ADR and American Rose Society Classic Shrub Rose distinctions for proven garden performance.
Familiar garden experience – alongside local wildlife
eleanorROSE® ORIGINAL 2-litre own-root potted rose
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RUGELDA ® – yellow park rose - Kordes
Imagine your small London front garden after rain: paths still damp, air carrying a fresh hint of medium-strength fragrance as yellow and blush-edged blooms light up glossy dark foliage. Rugelda grows into a tall, upright shrub that copes calmly with blustery showers and heavy soil, supporting healthy growth even where drainage needs a little extra care and thought. Its semi-double flowers invite bees while the bush stays naturally tidy, needing only light pruning to remain in balance. As an own-root shrub it develops stability and the capacity to regenerate from its base, promising a long garden life with consistent colour. You can expect it to root and settle in the first year, build confident, leafy shoots in the second, and then deliver its full ornamental impact by the third, fitting seamlessly into rainwater-friendly, sustainable city planting.
Rugelda® in freshly opened bloom, with pure lemon-yellow petals and a narrow scarlet-red edge.
Rugelda® showing its late-flowering colour transition.
Usage options
Target area
Reasoning
Front garden focal shrub
Rugelda’s upright 140–200 cm habit and striking yellow-and-red blooms create an immediate focal point beside a path or doorway, keeping structure yet remaining informal and welcoming for the family garden owner seeking impact.
Low-maintenance hedge
The dense, dark green foliage and vigorous hybrid Rugosa background make an excellent, low-pruning screen for boundaries or between drive and garden, suiting busy homeowners who want soft privacy with minimal seasonal work for the time-poor beginner.
Rainwater-friendly urban bed
The strong root system, good disease resistance and tolerance of heavier soils make Rugelda well suited to front gardens that collect roof runoff, supporting reliable growth where frequent rain and slow-draining ground are everyday realities for the sustainability-minded gardener.
Wildlife-supporting family border
Semi-double, cluster-flowered heads provide repeated access to pollen, while slight hip formation offers extra seasonal interest, making Rugelda a good fit for mixed borders that children and pollinators can share in the family-friendly garden.
Specimen in mixed shrub planting
Its tall, upright structure and glossy foliage contrast beautifully with looser shrubs such as Ceanothus or hemp-agrimony, giving year-round framework with limited feeding or pruning, ideal for homeowners designing once and then simply enjoying as relaxed hobbyists.
Partial-shade side garden
Suitability for partial shade lets Rugelda flower along side passages or between neighbouring houses where sun is limited, maintaining colour and fragrance in awkward spaces often neglected by new or cautious urban gardeners.
Resilient coastal or exposed plot
The tough Kordes breeding, good heat tolerance and resistance to mildew and rust support steady performance in breezier, more exposed gardens, giving reliable flowering without constant spraying for environmentally-aware front-garden owners.
Long-term, sustainable planting scheme
As an own-root shrub Rugelda can regenerate from its base if cut back, building a long-lived framework that stays attractive for many years with only light care, which suits planners of enduring, low-input schemes and thoughtful city dwellers.
Styling ideas
TerracedEntrance – Underplant Rugelda with soft Nepeta or low lavender to edge a narrow front path, letting the tall yellow clusters rise behind for a romantic yet practical townhouse welcome – ideal for style-conscious urban homeowners.
RainGarden – Combine Rugelda with moisture-tolerant perennials such as Eupatorium and ornamental grasses in a shallow swale that takes roof runoff, creating colour and habitat where water naturally gathers – perfect for sustainability-focused city gardeners.
SunsetHedge – Plant a loose hedge of Rugelda and intersperse with peach-leaved bellflower for lilac-blue spires threading through the yellow and pink-tinted blooms – suited to families wanting soft boundaries instead of hard fencing.
CottageMix – Place Rugelda mid-border with old-fashioned perennials and a few herbs like sage, to blend fragrance, pollinator interest and long-season colour – a good choice for beginners seeking a classic, forgiving cottage look.
StatementPot – In a minimum 40–50 litre container, grow Rugelda as a single specimen with trailing thyme at the base, refreshing the compost periodically to maintain vigour – ideal for balcony or small-yard gardeners without planting beds.
Technical cultivar profile
Parameter
Data
Name and registration
Rugelda ® (KORruge), a park-suitable shrub rose in the Park – shrub rose group; ARS exhibition name ‘Rugelda’, classic shrub rose category, verified premium silver quality.
Origin and breeding
Bred by Reimer Kordes, W. Kordes & Sons, Germany, from ‘Bonanza’ × ‘Robusta’; bred, registered and introduced in 1989 as a robust, decorative hybrid Rugosa shrub.
Awards and recognition
Holds ADR status (ADR-Sorte) since 1992 for garden performance and health, and received the American Rose Society Classic Shrub Rose award in 2012, confirming its long-term reliability.
Growth and structural characteristics
Vigorous, upright shrub reaching about 140–200 cm high and 110–160 cm wide, with dense, dark green glossy foliage and strong prickliness, forming a substantial, leafy framework over time.
Flower morphology
Semi-double, cup-shaped blooms with 17–25 petals, large clusters on strong stems; large L-sized flowers repeat well, with abundant second flush, self-cleaning petals and residual decorative hips and sepals.
Colour data and phenology
New flowers are lemon-yellow with scarlet edges; colour lightens to creamy yellow with pink margins in sun, while cooler weather intensifies the red edging; ARS YB, RHS 13B outer, 11C inner tones.
Fragrance and aroma
Medium-strength, well-scented shrub rose; fragrance description details are not recorded, but overall impression is pleasantly noticeable around paths and seating without being overpowering in small gardens.
Hip characteristics
Hip set is usually slight; where present, produces spherical, orange-red hips about 15–22 mm across, providing modest late-season colour and some additional wildlife interest in established plantings.
Resistance and winter hardiness
Rated hardy to about −29 to −26 °C (RHS H7, USDA 5a, Swedish zone 4); good heat tolerance, moderate drought resistance when established, mildew and rust resistant, black spot moderate in typical seasons.
Horticultural recommendations
Suited to parks, hedges, beds and urban greens; plant 120–130 cm apart or 200 cm as a specimen; prefers well-prepared soil, accepts partial shade, and needs only minimal pruning and feeding once settled.
Rugelda ® – yellow park rose - Kordes offers resilient flowering, easy low-maintenance structure and long own-root longevity, making it a thoughtful choice if you would like a dependable, characterful shrub rose.
Detailed product attributes
Product Identification Data
Product Name:
RUGELDA ® – yellow park rose - Kordes
Product Type:
eleanorROSE® ORIGINAL - 2-litre own-root potted rose
Pollinator Attraction:
Semi-double, 17–25 petal flowers are moderately attractive to pollinators because the semi-double form partially obscures the stamens and reduces their accessibility.
Our product is a rose grown with pharmaROSA®’s unique cultivation technology!
2-litre, own-root, potted rose.
With a shoot system appropriate to the season.
With a root system that thoroughly permeates the growing medium.
Quality compliant with the requirements of the E.N.A. (European Nurserystock Association).
Supplied in unique packaging that prevents damage.
Can be planted during frost-free periods.
True-to-variety rose bush with a unique identifier.
The pharmaROSA® own-root potted rose is a well-rooted plant that supports reliable establishment when planted and cared for properly, so it can be planted whenever the soil is not frozen.
Crop overview: several varieties and growth stages in a short crop section.Shoot system: intensive growth of fresh basal shoots on a young plant.Root system: demonstration of a vigorous root system permeating the growing medium, by removing the pot.Balance: mature plant with root system and shoots in harmony with each other.
Information about the videos
The video series is not a “seasonal showcase”; it illustrates the essence of pharmaROSA® own-root cultivation in a tangible way: how the plant is built up, what the root system is like and how the shoot system regenerates. The recordings were therefore made at different times and with plants at various stages of development, so mixed foliage levels and differing stages of growth may appear in the videos. They are not a ‘sample’ of the batch dispatched, but a visual explanation of how the technology works. The current condition of the rose available to order — typical for the given period and similar to what you can expect to receive in the parcel — is shown in the upper part of the product page.
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Company details
PharmaRosa Ltd. Company registration number: 01-09-717479 VAT number: 13075314-2-43 Plant health registration no.: HU130721 Bank account (IBAN): HU85117631891388688400000000 BIC (SWIFT): OTPVHUHB Bank name: OTP Bank Nyrt.
