Warm yellow shade with a centre showing a slightly golden-tinged peach tone. - park rose - strongly scented, long-lasting rose - warm, fruit-tea character
– Warm peach-apricot blooms in soft clusters
– Strong, long-lasting fragrance with fruit-tea notes
– Vigorous, arching shrub for beds and hedges
– Good heat and moderate drought tolerance
– Reliable repeat flowering through the season
– Special feature: Historic 1939 shrub rose with RHS Award of Garden Merit and ARS Classic Shrub Rose Award.
With real photographs – In harmony with nature
pharmaROSA® ORIGINAL 2-litre own-root potted rose
22,90 £
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BUFF BEAUTY – apricot park rose – Bentall
With its rounded, arching shrub habit and softly coloured blooms, Buff Beauty offers an easy way to bring cottage charm to a family garden without demanding expert care. Masses of medium-sized, very double clusters open in warm apricot to honey-yellow tones that soften to cream in sun, creating a natural, romantic look that sits beautifully beside brickwork, gravel drives or traditional lawns. This classic Hybrid Musk shrub repeats generously from early summer into autumn, giving long-lasting colour and scent with only moderate maintenance. Strong, warm, fruit-tea fragrance drifts well on the air, ideal near paths, seating or the front door. As an own-root shrub it settles in reliably, building a balanced, long-lived framework over the years, while you simply keep up light pruning and watering. In typical British conditions it copes well with damp spells and wind, especially where soil drains reasonably in heavier clay. You can expect a natural progression as roots establish in the first year, top growth fills out in the second, and full ornamental impact is reached by around the third season. Use it as a flowering screen, a free-standing specimen or in small groups of three for a generous, established look that remains reliable with straightforward care.
Buff Beauty showing side-by-side colour changes as the blooms open.
Usage options
Target area
Reasoning
Front garden feature shrub
Buff Beauty forms a bushy, arching shrub around 1.2–1.9 m high, perfect as a welcoming focal point by the gate or front path. Its strong fruit-tea fragrance and repeat flowering create a classic entrance without demanding intensive pruning or expert skills, ideal for the beginner
Informal hedge or low screen
Planted at about 90 cm centres, the dense, dark green foliage knits into a soft, semi-formal hedge that flowers repeatedly through the season. Good self-cleaning means most spent blooms drop on their own, so the line stays tidy with only light shaping once a year, suiting the busy
Mixed cottage-style border
The warm peach-apricot tones blend beautifully with perennials such as Knautia and calamint, giving that relaxed cottage character in modest-sized beds. Its cluster-flowering habit provides steady colour through summer, anchoring looser plantings while still being straightforward for the hobby-gardener
Specimen rose in lawn or gravel
At 1.2–1.8 m spread, this shrub makes an elegant stand-alone feature on lawn or in a gravel circle. The strong repeat display and rounded form develop over several seasons on its own roots, rewarding minimal but regular care with long-term structure, reassuring for the homeowner
Small group planting (3–5 roses)
Groups planted at roughly 105–165 cm spacing create a generous, park-like effect even in average family gardens. The good heat and moderate drought tolerance mean that, once established, only occasional deep watering is needed in prolonged dry spells, manageable for the time-poor
Part-shade corner near buildings
Buff Beauty tolerates partial shade, so it can brighten areas that receive only part-day sun, such as along fences or beside outbuildings. Repeating flushes of bloom keep these spaces cheerful without specialised feeding or spraying routines, giving confidence to the novice
Large container or terrace planter
In a ventilated container of at least 40–50 litres, this variety offers arching, scented blooms on patios or roof terraces. Regular watering and an annual top-dress are usually enough to keep it floriferous and healthy, an accessible project for the balcony-gardener
Wind-exposed or coastal-leaning sites
The bushy framework and medium disease resistance cope reasonably well in typical British weather, including breezier, rain-prone gardens where soil drains adequately even if it is heavier. This makes Buff Beauty a practical option where you want reliability in changeable conditions, reassuring the cautious
Styling ideas
Cottage-duo – Combine Buff Beauty with Knautia macedonica ‘Red Knight’ for a soft, romantic mix of apricot and burgundy that repeats all summer – ideal for cottage-garden appreciators
Driveway-accent – Plant a loose line along a drive, with grasses behind, to create a fragrant, informal hedge that stays attractive without constant clipping – suited to low-maintenance seekers
Patio-centrepiece – Grow one shrub in a 50-litre terracotta pot with trailing sedums to highlight its arching form and perfume on the terrace – perfect for small-space gardeners
Lawnbed-orbit – Set three plants in a triangle in the lawn, underplanted with low perennials, to build a park-like island bed that matures gracefully – appealing to long-term planners
Shady-corner – Use Buff Beauty in partial shade against dark fencing, interwoven with pale calamint, to soften boundaries while keeping care simple – helpful for beginners
Technical cultivar profile
Characteristic
Data
Name and registration
Buff Beauty is a classic Hybrid Musk shrub rose traded as Buff Beauty – apricot park rose – Bentall; an unregistered cultivar widely recognised under this long-established garden name.
Origin and breeding
Bred by Ann Bentall at the Bentall Nursery, Romford, Essex, UK, from ‘William Allen Richardson’ crossed with an unknown seedling; introduced in Britain in 1939 and distributed by Bentall.
Awards and recognition
Holds the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit (1993) and the American Rose Society Classic Shrub Rose Award, reflecting reliable garden performance and enduring popularity.
Growth and structural characteristics
Bushy shrub with arching branches, dense dark green, slightly glossy foliage, typically 120–190 cm high and 120–180 cm wide, moderately thorny and naturally forming a graceful, fountain-like outline.
Flower morphology
Very double, cluster-flowering blooms with 40+ petals, medium-sized goblet to chalice form; good repeat flowering with abundant second flushes and generally good self-cleaning of spent blooms.
Colour data and phenology
Warm peach-apricot to honey-yellow tones (RHS 20D outer, 23C inner) that lighten towards cream in strong sun; richer shades persist better in cooler weather, giving a subtly shifting display.
Fragrance and aroma
Strong, long-lasting fragrance with a warm, fruit-tea character; scent carries well in still air, making it suitable near paths, seating areas and entrances where fragrance can be fully appreciated.
Hip characteristics
Hip set is generally limited due to the very double flower form, but occasional ellipsoidal orange-red hips 7–13 mm in diameter may form, adding a discrete late-season accent when present.
Resistance and winter hardiness
Winter hardy to around –26 to –23 °C (RHS H7, USDA 5b, Swedish Zone 4); disease resistance classed as medium for black spot, mildew and rust, with benefits from standard preventive care.
Horticultural recommendations
Use for beds, hedges, specimens, trained forms or cutting; allow around 90–165 cm spacing, prune moderately, water in prolonged droughts and provide routine monitoring for common rose diseases.
BUFF BEAUTY offers arching, fragrant, repeat-flowering beauty with manageable care, rewarding you with long-lived structure from its own-root habit; a thoughtful choice when you want a dependable, characterful shrub rose.
Detailed product attributes
Product Identification Data
Product Name:
BUFF BEAUTY – apricot park rose - Bentall
Product Type:
pharmaROSA® ORIGINAL - 2-litre own-root potted rose
Meaning of Cultivar Name:
The English word "buff" denotes a pale yellowish-brown shade, while the cultivar name refers to the flowers' soft peach-apricot skin tones.
Competition and Show Awards:
Royal Horticultural Society – Award of Garden Merit (1993); American Rose Society – Classic Shrub Rose Award (exhibition award, USA)
Hip Comment:
Hip formation is expected to be limited because of the double flowers; occasionally producing ellipsoid, orange‑red hips 7–13 mm in diameter.
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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