Bolero® Rose on Fortuniana Rootstock

Elegant, exceptionally fragrant, and beautifully refined, Bolero® on Fortuniana rootstock combines one of Meilland®’s most beloved white roses with the vigor and performance of Fortuniana. Known for its incredibly full creamy white blooms, romantic old-fashioned flower form, and powerful fragrance, Bolero® is an outstanding choice for Southern rose gardens, fragrance gardens, cutting gardens, and sophisticated landscape plantings.

The flowers begin as softly rounded buds touched with hints of blush pink and cream, gradually opening into magnificent, densely petaled rosettes. As the blooms mature, they become a luminous creamy white to ivory, although cooler conditions may bring out delicate blush tones along the petals.

Bolero® is particularly celebrated for its fragrance. The luxurious flowers release a strong, sweet perfume with classic rose and fruity notes, making this an exceptional variety for planting near patios, walkways, entrances, and outdoor living spaces.

Grafting Bolero® onto Fortuniana rootstock gives this already outstanding rose an additional advantage in warm climates. Fortuniana is prized for developing an extensive, vigorous root system that can support larger plants, strong growth, and abundant flowering—particularly in the heat, humidity, and sandy soils common throughout much of the South.

Key Features

Growing Information

Growth can be more vigorous on Fortuniana than standard published dimensions for the variety, particularly in warm climates with a long growing season.

Ideal Uses

✔ Fragrance Gardens
✔ Cutting Gardens
✔ Dedicated Rose Gardens
✔ Mixed Borders
✔ Romantic Gardens
✔ Cottage Gardens
✔ Southern Gardens
✔ Landscape Focal Points
✔ Fresh Floral Arrangements

Recommended Growing Regions

Bolero® on Fortuniana is especially well suited to warmer rose-growing regions where Fortuniana rootstock can reach its full potential, including:

• Southeast

• Deep South

• Gulf Coast

• Florida

• Coastal Georgia & the Carolinas

• Texas

• Southwest

• Southern California

• Other mild-winter climates

Exceptional Flowers & Fragrance

Bolero® has earned a devoted following because it brings together several of the qualities rose gardeners want most: beautiful flower form, exceptional fragrance, repeat blooming, and strong disease resistance.

Its densely petaled flowers have the luxurious appearance of an old-fashioned garden rose. Creamy white petals form rounded rosettes that can occasionally reveal the palest touches of pink, especially as buds begin to open or during cooler weather.

Against glossy dark green foliage, the pale flowers create an elegant contrast that works beautifully in both formal and romantic garden designs.

Why Choose Fortuniana Rootstock?

Fortuniana is particularly prized by rose growers in hot, humid climates and areas with sandy soils because of its exceptionally vigorous root system.

Potential advantages include:

• Stronger, more vigorous plant growth

• Extensive root development

• Faster establishment under favorable conditions

• Increased flowering potential

• Excellent performance in heat and humidity

• Improved tolerance of sandy soils

• Greater drought resilience once well established

• Potential for exceptionally large, long-lived plants

Because the desirable Bolero® variety is grafted onto Fortuniana, any growth emerging from below the graft union should be removed so the rootstock does not compete with the rose variety above it.

Why You'll Love Bolero® on Fortuniana

• Magnificent creamy white to ivory rosettes

• Occasional blush-pink tones add romantic character

• Approximately 100+ petals create exceptionally full flowers

• Powerful, sweet fragrance with fruity rose notes

• Excellent disease resistance

• Repeat blooming provides successive flushes throughout the season

• Dark glossy foliage beautifully showcases the pale flowers

• Excellent rose for cutting and fragrant arrangements

• Fortuniana rootstock provides exceptional vigor in suitable warm climates

• Particularly appealing for Southern gardeners seeking both beauty and performance

Bring together romantic Meilland® beauty and Southern-growing vigor with Bolero® on Fortuniana rootstock. Its extraordinarily full creamy-white flowers, intoxicating fragrance, excellent disease resistance, and vigorous Fortuniana root system make this an exceptional choice for Southern rose gardens, cutting gardens, borders, and fragrance-filled landscapes.