Kronenbourg hybrid tea rose – MACbo
Imagine sipping tea behind a gentle rose windbreak after a breezy walk on a shingle beach: Kronenbourg brings that refreshment home with its bicoloured crimson and golden-yellow blooms and clear, fruity-tea fragrance. This upright, hybrid tea rose offers reliable flowering throughout the season with generously sized, high-centred blooms that also cut beautifully for indoor vases. Its sturdy framework and dense, glossy foliage provide reassuring anchoring and structure in an average UK family garden, coping well with brisk coastal air and helping manage challenging soil and water conditions in exposed plots. As an own-root rose, it promises enduring stability, quietly building strong roots in year one, confident new shoots in year two, and full ornamental value by year three, so you enjoy long-term longevity with fewer worries. Disease resistance and low routine care suit beginners and busy homeowners, while moderate prickles and tidy growth make handling and light maintenance straightforward on a veranda or compact border.
Usage options
| Target area | Reasoning |
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| Coastal veranda in large containers |
The upright habit and robust framework adapt well to life in a sizeable pot, giving height and structure on windy, salt-tinged balconies or decks when planted in at least a 40–50 litre container with good drainage; ideal for relaxed coastal-style beginners. |
| Feature rose in a small front garden |
Showy, two-toned flowers and glossy foliage create an immediate focal point without overcrowding a modest plot, while the medium height fits neatly behind low edging plants, suiting homeowners who want impact from a single, well-behaved rose householders. |
| Cutting patch for home bouquets |
High-centred, long-stemmed blooms with a clear tea-rose scent are perfect for vases, offering repeated flushes through the season so you can harvest elegant stems for the house from one or two bushes, attractive to those who enjoy simple home floristry enthusiasts. |
| Low-input mixed border |
Good resistance to common rose diseases and tolerant growth reduce the need for spraying and complex care, fitting into low-maintenance planting schemes where you prefer straightforward pruning and occasional deadheading rather than constant attention time-poor. |
| Structured planting in family back gardens |
The strong, upright growth and dense foliage give visual structure and a degree of shelter among perennials and grasses, combining well with resilient coastal companions where plants must root firmly and cope with shifting moisture levels in typical UK gardens families. |
| Season-long colour by patios and seating areas |
Remontant flowering with a plentiful second flush ensures months of colourful blooms close to where you sit, enjoy tea or entertain, with large flowers that remain eye-catching even when viewed from a distance, ideal for informal outdoor living spaces hosts. |
| Own-root planting for long-term reliability |
As an own-root rose, the plant regenerates well after harsh winters or pruning mistakes, maintaining its true variety traits and ornamental value year after year, reassuring those who want a rose that matures steadily rather than needing frequent replacement planners. |
| Naturalistic, warm-toned schemes |
The red and golden-yellow blend harmonises with fiery perennials and grasses, echoing late-summer light and coastal sunsets, while the stable, upright form anchors looser plantings of Crocosmia or sea kale for an effortless, slightly wild look near seating stylists. |
Styling ideas
- Shingle-border glow – Set Kronenbourg among sea kale and blue Festuca in a free-draining shingle strip, letting its warm bicolour blooms glow against cool stones – for coastal-style lovers.
- Sunset veranda – Plant one rose in a 50 litre tub with trailing thyme and dwarf Lavandula for a fragrant, sheltered seating corner – for compact balcony and patio owners.
- Warm cutting row – Line a narrow bed with evenly spaced plants, underplanted with low Nepeta, to harvest long-stemmed, scented blooms all summer – for home bouquet enthusiasts.
- Naturalistic fire – Combine with Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’, Gaillardia and airy grasses to echo late-summer coastal light while keeping a strong vertical anchor – for fans of relaxed, informal borders.
- Front-door welcome – Use a single bush flanked by evergreen shrubs and simple groundcover to provide reliable colour and structure by the entrance – for busy householders wanting easy kerb appeal.
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter | Data |
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| Name and registration |
Hybrid tea rose, registered as MACbo, traded as Kronenbourg hybrid tea rose MACbo; also known for exhibition as Flaming Peace in American Rose Society listings. |
| Origin and breeding |
Sport of the famous ‘Peace’ hybrid tea, bred by Samuel Darragh McGredy IV, Samuel McGredy & Son, Northern Ireland; registration 1965, introduced commercially in Europe after 1965. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Upright, bushy habit reaching around 100–140 cm tall and 70–110 cm wide, with dense, dark green glossy foliage and moderate prickles, forming a robust, well-filled shrub in borders or containers. |
| Flower morphology |
Large, double, high-centred hybrid tea blooms with 26–39 petals, typically borne singly on stems; classic pointed buds, good for cutting, repeating well with a generous second flush in season. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Striking bicolour flowers, crimson-red inside with yellow reverse; buds open ruby-tipped lemon-yellow, colours softening to mauve-pink and ochre-yellow as they age, with faster fading in hot weather. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Clearly noticeable, medium-strength scent combining a traditional tea-rose note with fresh, fruity nuances, most evident in mild conditions and on newly opened blooms suited to patios and cutting. |
| Hip characteristics |
Rosehip set is sparse due to full double blooms; when present, small egg-shaped hips 10–14 mm across develop, coloured orange-red and generally of minor ornamental significance. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Rated hardy to about -26 to -23 °C (RHS H7; USDA 5b) with good heat tolerance; resistant to powdery mildew, black spot and rust, needing only basic care under normal UK garden conditions. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Best in full sun with fertile, well-drained soil; plant 55–100 cm apart depending on use, water in dry spells, deadhead to tidy, and consider 40–50 litre containers for long-term pot culture. |
Kronenbourg hybrid tea rose MACbo offers showy, fragrant blooms, reliable repeat flowering and long-lived own-root resilience, making it a thoughtful choice if you prefer a striking yet undemanding garden rose.
