Delicate, light honey-yellow base colour with a subtle peachy hue. - floribunda bedding rose - mild, restrained-scented rose - light, sweet fragrance
– Award‑winning floribunda with ADR rating.
– Abundant, repeat flowering through the season.
– Good disease resistance and winter hardiness.
– Elegant honey‑yellow blooms with peach tones.
– Shiny, dark green foliage for neat structure.
– Special feature: Crowned Rose of the Year 2020 in the UK, confirming top garden performance and reliability.
Soil-conserving approach – Thoughtful planning
darinaROSE® ORIGINAL 2-litre own-root potted rose
19,00 £
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SWEET HONEY ® – honey-yellow bedding floribunda rose – Kordes
Imagine afternoon tea in a cottage-style garden, your seating edged with clouds of honey-yellow blooms that glow softly even on dull days and cope calmly with coastal breezes and frequent rain. SWEET HONEY ® forms a bushy, upright structure with dense, glossy foliage that anchors beds and borders without sprawling, while its very double flowers constantly refresh themselves thanks to reliable self-cleaning – spent blooms simply drop away. As an own-root plant it offers reassuring longevity, regenerating from its base and keeping a stable shape year after year, ideal for busy gardeners who just want dependable flowering rather than complex care. In typical British soils it performs well in mixed cottage borders or larger containers, and over three seasons its roots, then shoots, then full floral display steadily build the relaxed romance and storybook cosiness many families dream of.
Sweet Honey ® in closed bud stage, showing a pale yellow surface with a soft peach-coloured tip.
Sweet Honey ® with a light, sweet fragrance.
Sweet Honey® retains a deeper honey-yellow tone in cooler shade.
Usage options
Target area
Reasoning
Front-of-border cottage planting
The bushy, upright habit and dense foliage give a neat, low hedge-like edge that frames perennials and herbs without hiding them. Regular self-renewing flower clusters keep a soft, honey-yellow ribbon of colour through summer for lovers of romantic cottage style
Low-maintenance family flowerbed
Good self-cleaning means fewer deadheading rounds, making it realistic for busy households to keep beds looking tidy. With robust health and ADR recognition, it copes well with everyday oversight while still rewarding you with reliable flowering for busy urban garden owners
Small hedge along paths or drives
The upright, structured growth and recommended closer spacing allow a continuous, clearly defined line of plants. This creates a welcoming, traditional look along front paths or drives, with glossy foliage providing year-round presence for homeowners seeking kerb appeal
Large pots on terrace or patio
Its compact, bushy form and abundant clusters suit a generous 40–50 litre container, where roots have space to stabilise and support long-term performance. This brings cottage-garden charm right up to seating areas for balcony and small-patio gardeners
Mixed cottage border with perennials
The warm honey-yellow and peach tones blend beautifully with blues, mauves and soft pinks, adding a gentle glow without overwhelming subtler plants. Repeat flowering sections the season and pulls the mixed planting together for gardeners curating a soft colour palette
Rose and shrub combinations in heavier soils
Once established, the own-root system supports long-term vigour and resilience, working well where thoughtful soil preparation or raised beds manage heavier clays; over time, the plant matures steadily into a stable, durable feature for planners of long-lived plantings
Long-season colour in public-facing beds
The floribunda-style clusters and remontant habit keep colour returning from early summer into autumn, while the flowers fade gracefully from deeper to paler honey tones. This extended display supports attractive entrances and front gardens for those wanting dependable summer colour
Low-intervention traditional rose corner
As an own-root floribunda, it can regenerate from the base if damaged by frost or pruning errors, avoiding issues with suckers and helping preserve the original variety; coupled with good disease resistance, this supports simpler care for beginners and cautious hobby gardeners
Styling ideas
Kitchen-border charm – Plant SWEET HONEY ® with chives, lavender and sage along a vegetable plot edge to soften the transition from crops to flowers – ideal for cottage-style kitchen gardeners.
Romantic path edging – Line a gravel path with a single row at hedge spacing, underplanting with low catmint to blur the edges – perfect for homeowners creating a storybook garden walk.
Pastel terrace pots – Use one rose per 50 litre terracotta container with trailing thyme and white lobelia – suited to small-space gardeners wanting low-fuss, long-season colour.
Soft sunset border – Combine with blue nepeta, pale pink foxgloves and airy grasses so the honey-yellow flowers glow in evening light – for those crafting a gentle, romantic evening seating area.
Front-garden welcome – Group three plants in a triangle near the front door with a small box or honeysuckle backdrop – recommended for families seeking a tidy, traditional first impression.
Technical cultivar profile
Parameter
Data
Name and registration
Floribunda bedding rose, registered as KORmecaso, marketed as SWEET HONEY ® Bedding rose KORmecaso; ARS exhibition name Sweet Honey; bush rose / exhibition floribunda category.
Origin and breeding
Bred by Tim-Hermann Kordes in Germany (2004), introduced by W. Kordes’ Söhne in 2015; parentage officially unknown, developed within the Kordes landscape and bedding rose programme.
Awards and recognition
ADR rose (2015) with strong garden performance, Rose of the Year in the United Kingdom (2020), and multiple medals from international trials in Baden-Baden, Belfast, Courtrai, Lyon and Paris.
Growth and structural characteristics
Bushy, upright shrub 85–115 cm high and 55–85 cm wide, with dense, dark green glossy foliage and moderate prickles; forms well-branched, compact plants suitable for bedding or low hedging.
Flower morphology
Very double, high-centred, pointed blooms with over 40 petals, carried in corymbose clusters; large-flowered floribunda type with abundant first flush and strong remontant repeat later in the season.
Colour data and phenology
Honey-yellow with subtle peach hues (RHS 22D outer, 23C inner); buds pale yellow with peach tips, deepening then gently paling in strong sun, maintaining a soft, even tone across the bloom surface.
Fragrance and aroma
Light, sweet, restrained fragrance complementing its warm colouring; mainly ornamental, with very double flowers concealing stamens and providing limited value for pollinating insects in mixed plantings.
Hip characteristics
Hip set is usually slight because of the double flower form; where present, small spherical orange-red hips around 8–12 mm diameter may develop, adding modest late-season interest.
Resistance and winter hardiness
Good overall disease resistance, notably to black spot and rust, moderate susceptibility to powdery mildew; hardy to around -23 to -21 °C (RHS H7, USDA 6a, Swedish zone 3) with solid heat tolerance.
Horticultural recommendations
Best in sunny positions with well-drained soil; spacing 40–75 cm depending on use, 4.2–4.8 plants/m² for mass planting; responds to regular pruning, feeding and routine health monitoring for top display.
SWEET HONEY ® offers bushy structure, self-cleaning honey-yellow blooms and dependable repeat flowering on a durable own-root plant, making it a thoughtful, long-lived choice for relaxed cottage-style gardens.
Competition and Show Awards:
Rose of the Year – United Kingdom (2020); Gold and other awards at international rose competitions in Baden-Baden; Belfast; Courtrai; Lyon; Paris
Pollinator Attraction:
Heavily double, tightly closed flowers render the stamens poorly accessible, which reduces attractiveness to and the frequency of visits by pollinating insects.
Pollinator-Friendly Rating:
Its very double flowers conceal the stamens; primarily an ornamental cultivar
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
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