EVELINE WILD™ – yellow-pink shaded nostalgic rose
Step out to your front garden after the rain and meet balance in the warm, pastel blooms of Eveline Wild™, a nostalgic shrub rose designed for today’s busy, sustainability-minded homes. Its compact, bushy habit suits smaller London terraces and neat family plots, yet the romantic, very double rosettes give a generously old-fashioned abundance. Own-root plants settle steadily, building a long-lived, resilient framework with dependable repeat flowering rather than demanding constant fuss. In wet, breezy British weather it copes reliably, providing graceful structure even where soil is heavy and needs thoughtful drainage. The strong, sweet, fruity-floral fragrance creates that “after-shower” garden walk feeling, while the dense, dark green foliage adds lasting structure. You can rely on a calm development from root-building in year one, through fuller top growth in year two, to a settled, mature display by year three, giving you quiet confidence and everyday ease.
Usage options
| Target area | Reasoning |
|---|
| Front-garden statement shrub |
The compact 55–85 cm bushy habit and dense, dark foliage create a tidy, structured presence that works beautifully beside a path or low fence, giving year-round shape without overwhelming a small frontage, ideal for the time-pressed urban homeowner beginner. |
| Long-season border colour |
Remontant flowering with an abundant second flush keeps borders lively over a long season, shifting through warm peach and creamy-yellow tones that blend easily with perennials, offering reliable display without intricate deadheading for the casual garden enthusiast homeowner. |
| Low-maintenance nostalgic rose bed |
Good self-cleaning means many spent blooms drop away on their own, so beds keep their charm with fewer visits from the secateurs, supporting a gentle, low-input style of gardening that still feels romantic and traditional for those seeking simple enjoyment hobby-gardener. |
| Heat- and weather-resilient planting |
This shrub tolerates summer heat well when watered through longer dry spells, yet copes with typical British showers and breezes, offering stable ornamental value where conditions fluctuate and gardening time is limited for busy, climate-aware residents urban-owner. |
| Small edible-flower cutting patch |
Bred for edible petals, its strongly scented, very double blooms lend themselves to garnishing drinks, baking decoration or fruity-floral infusions, marrying ornament and kitchen use in one compact plant for creative cooks with modest garden space food-lover. |
| Rainwater-wise container on patio or balcony |
In a 40–50 litre peat-free container with good drainage, it makes a stable, own-root feature shrub that partners well with captured rainwater, fitting modern front gardens that juggle limited soil, paving and rainfall management for environmentally attentive households sustainability-seeker. |
| Resilient city rose for challenging soils |
As an own-root shrub it builds a robust, renewing framework that copes steadily even where soil improvement is gradual and weather brings wind and rain to coastal or exposed plots with heavy clay needing careful drainage for practical, patient gardeners long-term-planner. |
| Family-friendly scented seating area |
The strong, sweet, fruity-floral scent and warm pastel tones suit planting near benches or breakfast tables, creating a calm, feminine atmosphere without intensive care, encouraging relaxed everyday use of the garden for families wanting easy sensory pleasure busy-family. |
Styling ideas
- TERRACE-ENTRY – Flank a narrow front path with Eveline Wild™ and soft Alchemilla mollis, keeping heights low and welcoming for visitors – ideal for compact London terraces.
- ROMANTIC-BORDER – Mix with foxgloves and yarrow behind a low hedge, letting the peachy rosettes glow among vertical spires – suited to cottage-style family gardens.
- SCENTED-PATIO – Plant one shrub in a 50 litre terracotta pot by a seating nook, underplanting with lavender or nepeta for layered fragrance – perfect for balcony or courtyard relaxation.
- EDIBLE-CORNER – Combine Eveline Wild™ with herbs like sage and mint near the kitchen, clipping a few petals for garnishes – appealing to home cooks who love garden-to-plate touches.
- SOFT-HEDGE – Space plants 40 cm apart along a low front boundary, edging with lady’s mantle for frothy contrast – a gentle solution for homeowners replacing hard landscaping.
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter | Data |
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| Name and registration |
Eveline Wild™ (Taste of Love® Collection), a Romantica shrub nostalgia rose; registered as BOZnatafra, protected in the EU under plant variety protection number 55312, marketed in premium consumer lines. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by Biljana Božanić Tanjga and Peter Cox for Pheno Geno Roses, Temerin, Serbia; introduced after 2020 with initial distribution by Pheno Geno Roses, selected for refined colour and garden performance. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Bushy, compact shrub 55–85 cm high and wide, with dense, slightly glossy dark green foliage and moderate prickles, forming a rounded, easy-to-place plant suitable for beds, edging and containers in family gardens. |
| Flower morphology |
Large, very double rosette flowers (approximately 7–10 cm), over 40 petals, produced in corymbose clusters with remontant habit and an abundant second flush, offering showy, traditional-style blooms over a long season. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Flowers open deep peach-orange, shifting to cream-peach then soft creamy yellow-peach before fading; ARS code ab, RHS 23A outer and 23C inner petals, with a clean pastel impression and moderate colour retention in sun. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Strong, sweet, fruity-floral perfume typical of romantic shrub roses; scent is easily noticeable on still days and around seating areas, contributing to a classic, indulgent atmosphere in small gardens and patios. |
| Hip characteristics |
Sparse hip formation due to very double flowers; occasional small, nearly spherical hips 7–11 mm across, coloured orange-red, adding minor seasonal interest without dominating the plant’s overall ornamental effect. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Hardy to approximately −32 to −29 °C (RHS H7, USDA 4b, Swedish zone 5); good heat tolerance with watering in drought, resistant to powdery mildew, with moderate susceptibility to black spot and rust in humid seasons. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Best in full sun with fertile, well-drained soil; plant 40–75 cm apart depending on use; suitable for flower beds, edging, containers and cutting, with moderate maintenance and occasional disease monitoring required. |
Eveline Wild™ offers compact structure, repeat flowering and evocative fragrance on a resilient own-root shrub that will mature gracefully over the years, an excellent choice if you value enduring beauty with manageable care.
