SATIN HAZE® – pink groundcover rose – Evers
Bring a quietly romantic, storybook feel to your garden with SATIN HAZE®, a pastel-pink groundcover rose that settles easily into family spaces and copes reliably with breezy, moisture‑laden weather near the coast. Its low, spreading habit makes it ideal for softening the edges of paths, play‑lawns and kitchen‑garden beds, creating an informal “girly” cottage look without demanding complicated care. Glossy, dark green foliage stays attractively neat, supporting months of remontant flowering as the blooms fade from mid‑pink to almost porcelain cream. Bred for robust health, this ADR‑certified rose offers strong disease tolerance and winter hardiness, making it a future‑friendly choice for busy households. As an own‑root plant it builds longevity and regrowth from the base, helping it recover gracefully from knocks or pruning mishaps, while the modest prickliness makes routine tasks more comfortable. Over time, you can expect a natural progression from rooting in the first year to stronger top growth in the second, then full ornamental presence by the third, giving your borders a dependable, romantic pink haze season after season.
Usage options
| Target area |
Reasoning |
| Front‑of‑border groundcover in a family cottage garden |
The naturally low, spreading habit forms a soft pink carpet that hides bare soil and reduces weeding at the front of mixed borders. It keeps paths and lawn edges looking finished without needing formal shaping, suiting relaxed cottage‑style layouts for busy beginners |
| Easy, repeat-flowering rose bed by a seating area |
Remontant flowering provides flush after flush of pastel blooms, so the bed keeps performing through the season with minimal deadheading. Flowers open freely and continue even after changeable weather, offering ongoing colour near patios or benches for time‑pressed homeowners |
| Low‑maintenance family garden planting |
ADR certification and solid disease resistance mean fewer spray routines and less worry during humid summers, helping the foliage stay presentable in everyday gardens. This reduces the maintenance burden while still delivering a traditional rose look for practical garden owners |
| Exposed or chilly UK locations |
With hardiness down to roughly −34 °C and a proven track record in cold climates, this variety overwinters reliably across most of the UK. Its toughness makes it suitable for slightly harsher, open sites, supporting long-term planting plans for climate‑aware families |
| Long‑term planting in family borders and beds |
As an own‑root rose it matures into a stable, rejuvenating shrub rather than relying on a graft, so it copes better with accidental damage and uneven pruning. This underpins a long lifespan and stable appearance in permanent beds for value‑focused gardeners |
| Child‑friendly paths and play‑adjacent planting |
The variety is only sparsely thorned, making it more forgiving beside routes children use regularly. You still gain the charm of classic roses, but with less risk of scratches during everyday garden play, which is reassuring around young families |
| Pollinator‑friendly cottage and kitchen gardens |
Single flowers with exposed golden stamens are easy for bees and other beneficial insects to visit, adding ecological value as well as beauty. This suits mixed borders with herbs and edibles where wildlife support is welcome for nature‑minded gardeners |
| Raised beds and improved clay or coastal sites |
The shallow, spreading canopy works well in raised beds or improved clay, where it quickly clothes the soil surface and knits the planting together, and it copes steadily with moist, wind‑exposed conditions near the sea for coastal cottage gardeners |
Styling ideas
- Cottage‑edge drift – Plant in loose drifts along a lawn or gravel path, underplanting with low catmint or thyme to echo the pastel pink haze – for lovers of soft, storybook garden edges
- Kitchen‑garden border – Line a vegetable or herb plot with SATIN HAZE® and interplant chives and feverfew, letting the airy pink flowers link the productive and ornamental areas – for those who enjoy a pretty yet practical potager
- Pollinator ribbon – Weave a band of this rose through beds with Salvia nemorosa and alliums to create a long, bee‑friendly flowering season – for gardeners keen to support wildlife in style
- Family‑friendly play frame – Use as a low surround near play lawns or a sandpit, combining with soft grasses so children experience roses close‑up without dense thorns – for families wanting gentle, sensory planting
- Pastel slope cover – Mass‑plant on a sunny bank at recommended spacing, mixing in groundcover perennials such as Delosperma for textural contrast and season‑round cover – for homeowners seeking pretty, low‑care erosion control
Technical cultivar profile
| Property |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Commercially offered as SATIN HAZE® – pink groundcover rose – Evers; group classification ground cover and shrub; ARS exhibition name Satin Haze; collection category groundcover. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by Christian Evers for Rosen Tantau in Uetersen, Germany, from unknown parentage; bred before 2004 and introduced in 2005, with initial distribution handled by Rosen Tantau. |
| Awards and recognition |
ADR certified in Germany in 2007; winner of multiple international rose prizes including medals at Baden‑Baden, Geneva and Vienna, plus a Certificate de Mérite in Orléans between 2010 and 2011. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Low, spreading shrub with a height of about 40–70 cm and a spread of 50–100 cm; dense, glossy dark green foliage, suitable for groundcover and edging roles in beds and larger plantings. |
| Flower morphology |
Single, flat blooms with around 5–12 petals, medium flower size, and corymbose clusters; remontant habit gives an initial flush followed by abundant repeat flowering later in the season. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Pastel pink flowers with silky sheen; buds open mid‑pink, then fade to pale, almost porcelain pink with creamy tints; ARS code LPk, RHS 65C outer and 62B inner, with golden stamens clearly visible in full bloom. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Fragrance is very weak and barely noticeable, allowing it to sit near seating areas or paths without competing with strongly scented plants; fragrance character has not been formally described for this cultivar. |
| Hip characteristics |
Forms small, spherical orange‑red hips only occasionally; typically 8–13 mm in diameter, adding a discreet seasonal accent without dominating the plant’s overall groundcover effect in autumn. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
RHS hardiness rating H7, roughly USDA zone 4a and Swedish zone 5; disease resistant overall, showing resistance to powdery mildew, moderate black spot performance, and good tolerance to rust in garden use. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Suited to sunny positions and mass planting; recommended distances: 40 cm for blocks, 35 cm for edging, 65 cm as solitary specimens, giving around six plants per square metre in designed groundcover schemes. |
SATIN HAZE® offers softly spreading pastel groundcover, repeat flowering and robust health on its own roots for a long‑lived, low‑effort rose choice you may confidently include in family garden plans.
