MYRIAM, COURIR POUR ELLES – pink park rose – Rateau
With its bright, cheerful blooms and naturally uniform habit, MYRIAM, COURIR POUR ELLES slips easily into an English cottage-style border, bringing a relaxed, feminine character to family gardens. This compact park rose forms a broad, bushy mound with dense, medium‑green foliage that anchors planting schemes even in exposed sites, continuing to flower reliably despite breezy weather and coastal-like conditions with steady, moderate winds and rain. The semi‑double, vivid fuchsia‑pink clusters open repeatedly from summer onwards, and the good self-cleaning means spent blooms largely fall away on their own. Grown on its own roots, it offers reassuring longevity, the ability to regenerate from the base and maintain stable ornamental value over many years with fewer interventions. In containers of at least 40–50 litres or in the ground, you can enjoy a gentle, low‑maintenance rhythm of colour while you keep pruning and feeding routines pleasantly simple, watching the plant build roots in the first season, stronger shoots in the second, and its full romantic effect by the third, for an enduring, storybook‑pretty garden backdrop.
Usage options
| Target area | Reasoning |
|---|
| Main cottage-style flowerbed in a family garden |
The rounded, spreading shrub shape and dense foliage give a soft, traditional outline that suits mixed cottage borders with perennials and herbs. Planting at recommended spacings keeps a harmonious, uniform look that is easy to manage for beginners |
| Low, informal flowering hedge along a path or lawn |
Uniform, even growth makes it straightforward to line out as a loose hedge, with repeated waves of bright pink clusters defining boundaries without rigid clipping. Occasional light pruning maintains a friendly, informal structure for homeowners |
| Large terrace or patio containers (40–50 litres or more) |
Its compact height and broad spread suit big pots, where own‑root resilience helps recovery if watering is uneven. In a sufficiently large container the shrub remains stable, floriferous and easy to shape, ideal for busy |
| Feature shrub near seating or an arbour |
Abundant, vivid pink flushes create a romantic backdrop beside benches, arbours or pergolas, echoing an afternoon‑tea atmosphere. The self‑cleaning flowers reduce deadheading around seating areas, keeping maintenance light for romantics |
| Mixed planting with shrubs on heavier clay soils |
The strong shrub framework and own‑root durability help it establish well in improved clay or raised beds, where its spreading habit knits planting together. It provides enduring structure as surrounding plants mature, suiting practical gardeners |
| Sunny or lightly shaded urban front gardens |
This park rose copes with partial shade and radiant heat from walls, maintaining a dense, presentable outline in small plots. Its repeat flowering brightens entrances without complex pruning, appealing to time‑pressed city-dwellers |
| Mass planting in public or shared green spaces |
Good self‑cleaning and a dependable, uniform habit make it suitable where many shrubs are planted together; it keeps a cohesive look between maintenance rounds, and limited hip set reduces mess, which is practical for communal‑area planners |
| Family garden borders in breezy, open positions |
The well‑anchored, spreading shrub shape and dense foliage allow it to sit securely and still look full in gardens exposed to steady winds and frequent showers, avoiding a straggly look and offering reliability valued by families |
Styling ideas
- Cottage-Ribbon – Line a narrow border with MYRIAM, COURIR POUR ELLES and airy baby’s breath, creating a frothy pink-and-white edge along a lawn or path – suited to romantic homeowners
- Kitchen-Corner – Combine this rose with herbs and low box in a sunny corner near a vegetable patch, letting its bright blooms soften productive beds – ideal for rural kitchen-garden keepers
- Pastel-Patio – Plant one shrub in a 50‑litre terracotta pot and underplant with soft lavender and trailing thyme for relaxed seating areas – perfect for busy terrace gardeners
- Hedgerow-Mix – Alternate with softly clipped evergreen shrubs to form an informal boundary that flowers through summer, blending structure and colour – appealing to traditional garden lovers
- Clay-Raised – In raised beds over heavier clay, pair with hardy grasses and euphorbia for long-season texture and reliable pink accents – useful for practical family-garden planners
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter | Data |
|---|
| Name and registration |
Park and shrub group rose, registered as EVElubis, traded as MYRIAM, COURIR POUR ELLES – pink park rose – Rateau; shrub type suitable for bedding, park and landscape plantings. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred in France by Jérôme Rateau (André Eve Nurseries), breeding year 2008, introduced 2016; parentage unknown, developed for ornamental landscape and garden use in temperate climates. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Broad, spreading shrub 80–120 cm high and 90–130 cm wide, dense mid‑green slightly glossy foliage, moderately thorny shoots, forming a rounded, well‑filled, ground‑anchoring bush structure. |
| Flower morphology |
Semi‑double, flat flowers 0.5–1.5 inches across, borne in clusters, with 13–25 petals; remontant habit with abundant second flush, most spent blooms dropping cleanly without manual removal. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Pure vivid fuchsia‑pink flowers, ARS code DP, RHS 66A–66B; buds deep dark fuchsia, colour moderates as blooms open, then fades towards cyclamen‑pink with paler, softly highlighted petal margins. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Very weak fragrance; any scent is barely noticeable in normal garden use, so this cultivar is selected primarily for colour effect, flower continuity, and overall shrub appearance rather than aroma. |
| Hip characteristics |
Hip set limited due to semi‑double flowers and good self‑cleaning; occasional bright red, ellipsoidal hips 6–12 mm wide may appear, generally few and unobtrusive in ornamental plantings. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Very susceptible to powdery mildew, black spot and rust, requiring regular protective treatments; reliably hardy to about −32 to −29 °C (RHS H7, Swedish zone 5, USDA zone 4b) in well‑drained soils. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Best in sunny or light shade sites with good air movement; use in beds, parks, containers or as specimens, spacing 90–180 cm depending on role; maintain with protective spraying and routine feeding. |
MYRIAM, COURIR POUR ELLES offers a compact, uniform shrub habit, self-cleaning vivid pink blooms and long-lived own-root reliability; consider it where you want enduring cottage charm with manageable care.
