Flower in a lavender–mauve shade with a smoky violet-lilac rim that deepens towards the petal edges. - hybrid tea rose - strong, distinctly fragrant rose - rich, slightly sweet, rose-citrus, mildly fruity
– Large, high‑centred blooms for cutting
– Distinct strong rose‑citrus fragrance
– Mauve‑lilac colour with fade‑resistant petals
– Bushy, upright habit for beds and containers
– Very good resistance to major rose diseases
– Special feature: Awarded Rose Hills Gold Medal for exceptional garden performance and beauty.
Style in the garden – Responsible gardening
darinaROSE® ORIGINAL 2-litre own-root potted rose
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NEPTUNE – mauve-lilac hybrid tea rose – Tom Carruth
Immerse your garden in a softly romantic atmosphere with NEPTUNE, a mauve‑lilac hybrid tea rose that brings a touch of storybook elegance to everyday life. Bred for strong health and reliable performance, it suits busy gardeners who want luxuriant blooms without demanding routines, even where breezy, rainy weather and heavier soils call for extra resilience and careful drainage. Large, classic, high‑centred flowers unfold in an unusual lavender‑mauve with smoky violet rims, while the strong, citrus‑rose fragrance adds a sense of luxury to afternoon tea under an arbour. Its upright, bushy habit makes it ideal as a centrepiece in a mixed border or as a small group in front of a hedge, blending beautifully into cottage‑style plantings with herbs and perennials. As an own‑root rose it offers reassuring longevity and comes as a well‑established 2‑litre plant, easy to handle and simple to plant, maturing steadily into its full ornamental value over the first few seasons.
Neptune rose in full bloom, showing mauve-lilac petals with a smoky violet edge.
Usage options
Target area
Reasoning
Feature rose by the terrace or seating area
NEPTUNE’s large, exhibition-style blooms and strong fragrance create a focal point close to where you sit, bringing a romantic, “afternoon tea” feel to patios and small lawns. Own-root vigour supports a long-lived, stable shrub for those planning long-term enjoyment.
Cottage-style flowerbed with perennials
The upright, moderately bushy habit slots easily into mixed borders, giving vertical accents among catmint, hardy geraniums or lavender. Repeat flowering and fade-resistant petals provide continuous colour with minimal deadheading, supporting relaxed gardeners.
Specimen planting in a front garden
As a single specimen by a path or gate, the unusual mauve-lilac colour reads clearly from the street and pairs well with clipped hedging. Strong disease resistance reduces spraying needs, keeping maintenance modest for time-pressed homeowners.
Small rose groups in family lawns
Planting three shrubs in a loose triangle offers generous flowering and structure without overwhelming a modest family lawn. Consistent remontant blooming and good winter hardiness suit those wanting dependable results with simple yearly pruning for casual beginners.
Large containers on patios and balconies
NEPTUNE performs well in big containers when given a quality compost and a pot of at least 40–50 litres. Its upright habit and showy blooms give height and romance in confined spaces, ideal for busy urban gardeners.
Cutting bed for home-arranged bouquets
The high-centred, long-stemmed flowers are excellent for cutting, and the unusual colour plus rich fragrance look refined in jugs and vases indoors. Regular picking encourages further buds, making this a satisfying choice for creative floral enthusiasts.
Beds in areas with tricky weather
Robust disease resistance and good tolerance of variable summers mean the shrub copes well where roses face frequent rain and wind, especially if given well-prepared soil with improved drainage, reassuring cautious buyers.
Informal hedge or backdrop row
Planted at the recommended distances, NEPTUNE forms a loose, flowery line behind lower perennials or along paths. Own-root growth means that, even if stems are cut back by frost or pruning, fresh shoots regenerate reliably, suiting long-term-minded planners.
Styling ideas
Cottage-arcade – Underplant NEPTUNE with catmint and lady’s mantle along a path to a seating nook, enhancing a romantic cottage feel – ideal for lovers of traditional English gardens.
Tea-terrace – Place one or two plants in large containers near outdoor furniture, combined with scented herbs, for a cosy afternoon-tea ambience – perfect for busy urban homeowners.
Pastel-border – Mix with pale delphiniums, foxgloves and soft pink roses to create a storybook pastel scene – suited to those who enjoy gentle, harmonious colour palettes.
Statement-gate – Flank a front gate or path with NEPTUNE and low box edging for a graceful welcome – a good choice for families wanting tidy, classic structure.
Kitchen-companion – Combine with rosemary, chives and low edging plants near a kitchen garden, blending utility with romance – appealing to home cooks who like decorative plots.
Technical cultivar profile
Parameter
Data
Name and registration
Hybrid tea rose; registered as WEKhilpurnil, marketed as NEPTUNE – mauve-lilac hybrid tea rose – Tom Carruth; ARS exhibition category hybrid tea, cut flower, bedding rose.
Origin and breeding
Bred by Tom Carruth for Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. in the United States; (‘Blueberry Hill’ × ‘Stephen’s Big Purple’) × ‘Blue Nile’; introduced 2003, PBR/PP registrations from 2006.
Awards and recognition
Recipient of the Rose Hills Gold Medal at the Rose Hills International Rose Trials, Whittier, USA, recognising garden performance and strong ornamental value in trial conditions.
Growth and structural characteristics
Hybrid tea shrub with bushy, upright habit and moderately dense, glossy dark green foliage; moderately thorny stems; forms a clump suitable for feature planting or grouped bedding.
Flower morphology
Very large, double, high-centred blooms with 26–39 petals; classic pointed-bud, cut-rose form on stems carrying clusters of 3–5 flowers; remontant, with abundant repeat flowering in season.
Colour data and phenology
Lavender–mauve ground colour with smoky violet-lilac rim; ARS MP, RHS 62C–62D; petals fade only moderately, maintaining a cool mauve tone and distinct edging even in strong sunlight.
Fragrance and aroma
Strong, distinct perfume with rich rose-citrus and mild fruity notes; showy, scented flowers attract bees and butterflies, though forage is limited by the very double petal count.
Hip characteristics
Small hips with a maximum diameter of approximately 5–10 mm; generally of low ornamental significance and not a primary feature of the cultivar in typical garden use.
Resistance and winter hardiness
Good resistance to powdery mildew, black spot and rust; tolerates heat and moderate drought with regular watering; hardy to about −21 to −18 °C (RHS H6, USDA zone 6b, Swedish zone 3).
Horticultural recommendations
Best in full sun but suitable for partial shade; spacing 40–95 cm depending on use; recommended densities 2.6–2.9 plants/m²; ideal for beds, specimens, hedging, containers and cutting.
NEPTUNE – mauve-lilac hybrid tea rose – Tom Carruth combines romantic colour, strong fragrance and reliable disease resistance in a long-lived own-root form that rewards patient gardeners with years of effortless beauty; consider it where one special rose will be cherished.
Detailed product attributes
Product Identification Data
Product Name:
NEPTUNE – mauve-lilac hybrid tea rose - Tom Carruth
Product Type:
darinaROSE® ORIGINAL - 2-litre own-root potted rose
Competition and Show Awards:
Rose Hills International Rose Trials (Pageant of Roses Garden, Rose Hills, Whittier, USA) – Rose Hills Gold Medal (year unknown)
Flower Colour Description:
Flower in a lavender–mauve shade with a smoky violet-lilac rim that deepens towards the petal edges.
Closed Bud:
Pale pink-toned with a slight violet cast, with a delicate lilac flush on the outer bud leaves.
Newly Opened Flower:
The inner petal whorl is a clear, cool pink, with the petals showing a slightly deeper mauve tone at their bases. The outer petals fade to a pale pink towards their edges, sometimes overlaid with a soft violet veil.
Full Bloom:
When fully open the flower's ground colour is a cool lavender–mauve, with a more pronounced smoky violet rim at the petal edges; the petal bases are also lavender, with a narrow purple edging in places.
Before Fading:
The pink hue gently fades to a pastel mauve, with occasional light lavender tones. A subtle, slightly purplish-pink colouration becomes visible along the edges of the outer petals.
Colour Fading Description:
The petals are described as fade-resistant, so the lavender base colour and the purple edge remain relatively well preserved even in strong sunlight, with at most moderate lightening expected. (https://idiggreenacres.com/products/neptune-8482-rose?ut
Colour Retention Level:
The petals are described as fade‑resistant, so the lavender base colour and purple edge remain relatively well preserved even in strong sunlight; at most moderate lightening can be expected.
Pollinator Attraction:
Its large, very double flower form (30+ petals) means the stamens are only partially accessible, but the fragrant, showy blooms still attract bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
Pollinator-Friendly Rating:
Partially pollinator-friendly variety – its showy, strongly scented flowers attract pollinators, but because of its very double, exhibition-style flower form its provision of forage is limited.
Partial Shade Tolerance:
Suitable for partial shade (but flowers most abundantly in full sun).
Maintenance Requirement:
Maintenance requirement low–medium; disease resistance is generally very good according to major nurseries (especially against black spot and powdery mildew), although in humid, fungus-prone climates it may be medium, so occasional plant protection treatm
Primary Uses:
flowerbeds, specimen planting, exhibition rose and cut flower, container cultivation
Comments
Strengths:
Style in the garden – Responsible gardening
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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