Tantau's Bienenweide® roses for pollinators

Also German breeder Tantau has a pollinator collection and it is called Bienenweide® which translate in Bees meadow

All these roses are short, 60 cm or 2 feet, and very useful in pots, balconies, windowsills, standard rose etc

Very healthy, very prolific blooming and very attractive to bees. They come in a range of colors and are all single or semi double. 

To name a few:

Bienenweide® Apricot

Bienenweide® Bernstein

Bienenweide® Fruity

Bienenweide® Ivory

Bienenweide® Hellrot

Bienenweide® Mango

Bienenweide® Mango

Bienenweide® Ivory

Bienenweide® Fruity

Bienenweide® Hellrot 

Nectar garden collection from Kordes & Söhne

German rose breeder Kordes is world wide renowned for its very hardy and disease resistant roses and they are putting a lot of effort into bee friendly roses. The Nectar garden® collection is just that: Very healthy roses with lots of pollen and nectar for pollinators. Many of them have the ADR label so they are extremely Hardy and disease resistant. Nearly all are ground cover roses which reach 50 cm or 1,5 feet but are more wide. They are very suitable for pots, Rock gardens, natural garden etc..

Sonnenröschen® is a miniature with single white flowers with yellow stamen. Always covered with blooms, extremely Hardy and 100% disease resistant. ADR 2003

Sonnenröschen®

Medeo® is a stunning ground cover crawler with big single white flowers with yellow stamen. 50X70 cm, ADR label and always in flower. Bees love them! 

Medeo®

Sternenhimmel® is a very recent addition to the Nectar garden® collection. ADR 2021 so we know it's very hardy and disease resistant. Beautiful light pink Single blooms in clusters. Extremely prolific, blooms like crazy non stop. 30X30 cm or 1X1 feet. A very good ground cover, for pots, rock garden etc... A real stunner! 

Sternenhimmel® 

Meilland roses for pollinators: The Friendly® collection

These days our environment and nature becomes more and more important and people want to attract wildlife and pollinators in their gardens. Many roses which show their stamen are of course visited by pollinators by nurseries are creating new roses especially for this purpose so roses especially for the natural and ecological garden. These roses nearly always have an abundance of little single blooms with golden stamen and they have a lot of pollens and nectar. They bloom from spring till first frost and are extremely tough and resistant against drought and diseases.

We start with the Friendly® collection of Meilland Richardier. These are short, bushy roses of approximately 50X70 cm or 2X2 feet. They have an abundance of little single blooms in clusters with their stamen clearly exposed. Always in bloom and disease free. At this moment the Friendly® collection has 4 roses:

Pink Meissalu is pink 

Purple Meicosme is purple 

Red Meiariba is red

Sweet Meinatope is white

Of course more will follow the coming years so remember that the Friendly® collection stands for pollinator friendly roses!

Pink Meissalu 

Purple Meicosme 

Red Meiariba