Pale pearlescent pink with a slightly creamy tone. - hybrid tea rose - strong, scented, noticeable from afar rose - sweetish, fruity-rose aroma
– Intensely sweet, fruity-rose fragrance
– Elegant pastel pink, classic hybrid tea form
– Prolific repeat flowering through the season
– Ideal for cut flowers and exhibition
– Good hardiness to approx. -21 °C Special feature: Gold Medal winner at Bagatelle (1976).
Balanced arrangement – Provenance guarantee
pharmaROSA® ORIGINAL 2-litre own-root potted rose
19,40 €
4.5(6590)
GRAND SIÈCLE™ – pink hybrid tea rose – Delbard
If You enjoy classic roses with a rich scent but prefer an easy life in the garden, GRAND SIÈCLE™ is a reliable choice for Irish conditions, coping well where soil can be heavy and needs careful drainage. This bushy hybrid tea forms a balanced, medium‑sized shrub with neatly arranged foliage and elegant, long stems that are perfect for cutting and bringing indoors. Its pastel pearlescent pink blooms, touched with a creamy tone, open in a fully double chalice form and repeat generously from early summer onwards, so Your beds are rarely without flowers. The fragrance is a real highlight: a strong, sweet, fruity‑rose perfume that is noticeable from afar and adds a luxurious atmosphere around paths and seating areas. As an own‑root plant, it settles in steadily, building a robust framework that supports a long lifespan and dependable flowering year after year. In the first year it concentrates on roots, in the second on strong new shoots, and by the third it reveals its full ornamental value, becoming a mature, premium silver‑rated feature that You can simply enjoy with medium, manageable care.
Freshly opened Grand Siècle™ bloom in pearlescent pastel pink.
Grand Siècle™ showing its fully double, cup-shaped bloom.
Use cases
Target area
Reason
Front garden focal point
Works beautifully as a single specimen near the front door, where its balanced, bushy habit and soft pink tones create a welcoming look without demanding complex maintenance, ideal for the busy but style‑conscious homeowner
Cutting bed in a family garden
The long, straight stems and classic hybrid tea form make it excellent for home‑grown bouquets, so You can cut armfuls of scented, pastel flowers while the shrub regrows steadily from its own roots for many seasons, suiting enthusiastic but time‑poor beginners
Small rose group (1–5 plants)
Plant several together at 50 cm spacing to create a compact, softly coloured rose bed that flowers repeatedly and forms a coherent, easy‑to‑manage block, fitting well into average‑sized Irish gardens for those wanting order without fuss gardeners
Mixed border with perennials
Its medium height and neat structure make weaving it into mixed borders straightforward; pair with lady’s mantle or campanulas so the rose provides vertical accents and perfume while companions fill gaps, ideal for relaxed cottage‑style planting
Container on patio or balcony
In a 40–50 litre container with good drainage, it performs well on sunny patios or sheltered balconies, giving a refined, fragrant presence where ground planting is limited, especially for small‑space urban gardeners
Coastal or wind‑exposed gardens
Its sturdy, bushy framework and own‑root resilience help it cope in more exposed, breezy spots typical of Irish coasts, provided soil or containers prevent waterlogging after rain, reassuring those in windier locations
Long‑term feature near seating areas
The strong fruity‑rose scent carries well around terraces or garden benches, and the plant’s own‑root structure supports gradual, long‑term development, giving stable beauty with only medium‑level care for relaxed outdoor living
Ornamental bed in heavier soils
Performs reliably in typical Irish garden soils when You provide sensible, basic preparation and protect it from persistently waterlogged spots, adapting to sites where wet weather and heavier ground would challenge fussier roses, giving confidence to cautious planters
Decorating ideas
Classic doorway welcome – Plant one or two GRAND SIÈCLE™ beside the front path, underplanted with lady’s mantle to soften the base – perfect for homeowners who want a tidy, traditional entrance.
Romantic cut-flower corner – Create a small cutting patch with three roses and simple edging, so You can gather perfumed stems all summer – ideal for busy families who still enjoy arranging flowers indoors.
Cottage border blend – Combine with trailing bellflower and airy grasses for a loose, rural look – great for fans of informal cottage gardens with limited time for upkeep.
Patio perfume pot – Grow it in a 40–50 litre container near your seating area to enjoy scent at close quarters – suited to balcony or patio gardeners wanting maximum impact from one rose.
Soft pink structure strip – Line a short boundary or low fence with evenly spaced plants for a gentle, structured border – a good option for those seeking order without high-maintenance formality.
Technical cultivar profile
Parameter
Data
Name and registration
Hybrid tea rose, registered as DELegran; trade name GRAND SIÈCLE™ Highly Scented DELegran, also exhibited as Great Century. Part of the Highly Scented collection and classed as an exhibition tea hybrid.
Origin and breeding
Bred by Georges Delbard in France from complex hybrid tea parentage, including Queen Elizabeth and Madame Antoine Meilland, registered in 1976 and introduced commercially by Georges Delbard SA in 1977.
Awards and recognitions
Gold Medal at the Concours International de Roses Nouvelles de Bagatelle in 1976, highlighting its outstanding ornamental and garden qualities among international hybrid tea introductions.
Growth and structure
Medium, bushy shrub 75–105 cm high and 60–90 cm wide, with dense, dark green, slightly glossy foliage and moderate thorns, forming a well-balanced, rounded framework suitable for beds and borders.
Flower morphology
Medium-sized, fully double blooms with 26–39 petals in a classic cup to chalice form, mostly solitary on stems, remontant with a strong second flush that maintains good flower presence through the season.
Colour and phenology
Pearlescent pastel pink with creamy outer edges, gradually lightening to a soft cream with a faint pink hint before fading; colour retention is medium, giving gentle tonal changes over the bloom’s life.
Fragrance and aroma
Strong, sweet, fruity-rose perfume that is clearly noticeable in the garden, especially in still air; ideal where scented roses are a priority for seating areas, paths or cutting for indoor enjoyment.
Rose hip characteristics
Occasional orange-red, egg-shaped hips, 12–18 mm in diameter, forming mainly where spent blooms are not removed, offering some late-season ornamental interest without heavy seeding.
Resistance and hardiness
Hardy to about −21 to −18 °C (USDA 6b, RHS H7), with good resistance to powdery mildew and black spot and moderate susceptibility to rust, generally classed as moderate overall disease resistance.
Horticultural recommendations
Best in full sun with free-draining soil; medium maintenance with occasional pest and disease checks. Space 40–80 cm depending on use; suitable for borders, specimens, hedging rhythms and larger containers.
GRAND SIÈCLE™ offers richly scented, pastel blooms, reliable repeat flowering and a long-lived, own-root shrub structure that settles steadily into family gardens, making it a thoughtful choice if You would like a beautiful rose You can simply enjoy.
Detailed product attributes
Product Identification Data
Product Name:
GRAND SIÈCLE™ – pink hybrid tea rose - Delbard
Product Type:
pharmaROSA® ORIGINAL - 2-litre own-root potted rose
Full Bloom:
Soft, even pink with delicate cream‑coloured reflexes on the inner side.
Pre-Fading Flower:
Fading cream colour with a faint trace of pale pink.
Colour Fading Description:
During opening, the pastel pink gradually lightens and, before the flower fades, it pales to a creamy colour with only a faint hint of pink.
Pollinator Attraction:
Based on the descriptions, this variety has large, double blooms and, because the petal form largely conceals the stamens and reduces their accessibility, it is expected to be less attractive to pollinating insects.
Pollinator-Friendly Rating:
Its double blooms partially conceal the stamens, so it is limited in pollinator-friendliness and is primarily an ornamental variety.
Our product is a rose grown with unique pharmaROSA® cultivation technology!
2 litre, own-root, potted rose.
With shoots appropriate to the season.
With roots thoroughly interwoven through the growing medium.
Quality in line with the requirements of the E.N.A. (European Nurserystock Association).
In unique packaging that prevents damage.
Can be planted during frost-free periods.
True-to-type rose plant with an individual 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.
Stock: several varieties and several stages of development in a short stock section.Shoot system: intensive growth of fresh basal shoots on a young plant.Root system: presentation of the strong root system interwoven through the growing medium with the pot removed.Balance: mature plant where the development of the root system and the shoots is in harmony.
Information about the videos
The video series is not a “seasonal showcase”, but makes the essence of pharmaROSA® own-root production tangible: how the plant is built, what the root system is like and how the shoots renew themselves. The footage was therefore taken at different times, showing plants at different stages of development, so mixed leaf coverage or differing growth stages may appear in the videos. This is not a “sample” of the batch delivered, but an illustration of how the technology works. The current condition of the rose available to order — typical of the given period and similar to what you can expect to receive in the parcel — is shown at the top of the product page.
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Company details
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