AUF DIE FREUNDSCHAFT ® – white-red bedding shrub rose - Kordes
Imagine afternoon tea under a leafy arbour, framed by clusters of romantic white blooms brushed with cherry-red, creating a soft cottage-garden border that feels both welcoming and composed. AUF DIE FREUNDSCHAFT ® is a compact, upright shrub rose that settles quickly, making it reassuringly reliable even in breezier gardens where summer showers and coastal-style winds test less robust plants. Its dense, glossy foliage provides a permanent green backdrop while the semi-double flowers repeat generously through the season, so your beds or low hedges stay quietly colourful with only straightforward, occasional care. Grown on its own roots, this rose is designed for a long garden life: it builds strength below ground first, then volume and flowering above, until it reaches full ornamental value within a few short seasons, giving you lasting structure, gentle rhythm in flowering, and a cosy, storybook sense of friendship woven into everyday family garden life.
Usage options
| Target area |
Reasoning |
| Front-of-border cottage beds |
The compact, upright habit (around 100–140 cm) and 50–70 cm spread make it ideal for the front or mid-front of mixed borders, giving a consistent white-and-red rhythm without overwhelming smaller spaces – particularly appealing for beginners. |
| Low, informal flowering hedge |
Planted at 35–40 cm, its dense, dark green foliage knits into a soft, semi-formal hedge that provides gentle screening and a friendly boundary between garden areas, suiting family homes that value traditional structure for homeowners. |
| Colour-anchoring feature in small gardens |
The bold bicolour flowers act as a visual anchor in modest plots, giving structure and focus from a single, easy-care shrub so you can enjoy a romantic feel even where space is limited – a practical option for busy urbanites. |
| Mass planting in cottage-style drifts |
In groups at 5–7 plants per m², the remontant clusters create a continuous sheet of colour through summer with only basic maintenance, echoing classic cottage drifts while keeping tasks manageable for relaxed hobby-gardeners. |
| Rural kitchen garden edges |
Along vegetable beds or fruit cages, its glossy, healthy foliage and cheerful blooms lend a storybook frame to productive areas, offering charm without demanding specialist care, which suits those running busy kitchen-gardens. |
| Raised beds on heavier soils |
In raised or improved beds on heavier clays, its upright, woody framework establishes steadily, providing long-term structure and reliable flowering even where drainage needs attention, giving reassurance to cautious planners. |
| Large containers on terraces or patios |
In containers of at least 40–50 litres, it forms a tidy, repeat-flowering shrub that dresses sitting areas in cottage style while remaining straightforward to water and trim, a comfortable solution for time-poor balcony-owners. |
| Long-term, low-fuss family rose |
As an own-root shrub it regenerates well from the base, avoiding graft failures and keeping shape and colour reliable over many years, giving families a long-lived, low-drama rose that matures gently with their garden – especially valued by families. |
Styling ideas
- Cottage-Ribbon Hedge – Run a loose line along a path, interplanting with soft pink geraniums to blur the edge and create a friendly, low-flowing boundary – for traditional cottage-style lovers.
- Kitchen-Garden Frame – Place short rows at the ends of vegetable beds, pairing with chives and calendula to echo the red-and-white tones – for practical gardeners who enjoy a decorative potager.
- Patio Focus Pot – Grow one shrub in a 50-litre clay pot with trailing thyme and lobelia at the base to soften the rim – for terrace and small-courtyard owners.
- Storybook Front Border – Combine with lavender, catmint and small box mounds to create a soft, romantic welcome near the front door – for families seeking a classic first impression.
- Summer Colour Drift – Mass plant in a sunny strip with coneflowers and ornamental grasses to give a relaxed sweep of colour through the holidays – for busy households wanting high impact from simple care.
Technical cultivar profile
| Characteristic |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Shrub rose, commercial type flowerbed shrub rose; registered as KORbaymun, marketed as AUF DIE FREUNDSCHAFT ® / Heckenzauber® / Color Splash; verified premium-silver quality for consumer gardens. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred in Germany in 2007 by Tim-Hermann Kordes, from ‘Black Forest Rose ®’ × ‘Philatelie’; introduced by W. Kordes’ Söhne in 2016 as a robust, decorative garden shrub. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Upright shrub, typically 100–140 cm high and 50–70 cm wide, with dense, dark green glossy foliage and moderate prickliness, forming a coherent, bushy shape suited to beds and low hedges. |
| Flower morphology |
Semi-double, cupped cluster-flowered blooms, 1.5–2.75 inches across, with approximately 17–25 petals; remontant, producing abundant first and second flushes through the season in good conditions. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Base colour bright white with vivid coral-red edging; buds deep coral red, flowers opening to white with red margins that gently fade to creamy white and pink; ARS code rb, RHS 53B outer, 155C inner. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Fragrance is very weak and barely perceptible; grown primarily for visual impact and repeat flowering rather than scent, making it suitable where strong perfume is not desired near seating areas. |
| Hip characteristics |
Hip set is generally poor due to the semi-double form; when present, hips are ellipsoid, around 10–14 mm in diameter, colouring to an orange-red tone that adds modest late-season interest. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Hardy to approximately –21 to –18 °C (RHS H7, Swedish Zon 3, USDA 6b); moderate resistance to powdery mildew and black spot, resistant to rust, tolerating heat and moderate drought under care. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Prefers sunny sites; plant 35–40 cm apart for hedges and mass plantings, 65 cm for specimens; suits beds, mixed borders, hedging and parks; medium maintenance, with occasional disease monitoring advised. |
AUF DIE FREUNDSCHAFT ® brings dependable bicolour flowering, compact structure and long-lived own-root resilience to family gardens, a thoughtful choice if you would like a quietly reliable, romantic shrub rose.
