Rose ‘ Scheherazade | シェエラザード | 天方夜谭 ’

🌹 Product Details

📛 Name: Scheherazade Rose / Sheherazad Rose / シェエラザード / 山鲁佐德 / 天方夜谭
👨🌾 Breeder: Takunori Kimura / 木村卓功
🌍 Origin: Japan / 日本
🌿 Type: Shrub Rose / Floribunda-Style Garden Rose
🌲 Root Type: Own Root
📏 Height: Approx. 2.5–5 ft depending on climate and pruning
🌸 Bloom Size: Medium, approx. 3–3.5 in / 8 cm
🎨 Color: Purplish rose-pink, deep pink, soft peach-pink seasonal tones
👃 Fragrance: Strong fragrance with damask, tea, fruity, berry, and spicy notes
📅 Flowering: Repeat Flowering / 四季咲き
🌱 Growth Habit: Upright to bushy, compact to medium shrub
🌿 Thorn Note: Few thorns / トゲが少ない
🌤️ Climate Note: Good heat tolerance with proper care
📍 Recommended Zone: Zone 6 and above
🏺 Best Use: Fragrant gardens, rose collections, balcony planters, borders, containers, and cut flowers

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✨ Key Highlights

🌙 A Rose with Storybook Romance

Scheherazade has a romantic, slightly mysterious feeling in the garden. Its wavy petals, shifting pink tones, and rich scent make it feel more expressive than an ordinary pink rose.

This is a variety for gardeners who enjoy roses with personality — soft, fragrant, artistic, and full of movement.

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👃 A Fragrance-Focused Rose

This rose is especially appealing for fragrance lovers. The scent feels layered rather than simple, with classic rose depth blended with tea, fruit, berry, and a gentle spicy accent.

It is a lovely choice for planting near patios, walkways, balconies, seating areas, or any place where the blooms can be enjoyed up close.

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💗 Seasonal Color Changes

One of the charms of Scheherazade is that the color does not always look exactly the same. Cooler weather may bring out richer purplish-pink tones, while warmer weather can soften the blooms into peach-pink or warm rose shades.

This natural color shift gives the plant a lively, changing character through the season.

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🌸 Soft Wavy Petals

The petals have a graceful wave-edged look that adds texture and movement to each bloom. Instead of a stiff formal shape, the flowers feel soft, expressive, and slightly artistic.

This makes the variety especially beautiful for close-up viewing, garden photography, small bouquets, and simple vase arrangements.

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🪴 Good for Pots & Small Garden Spaces

With proper pruning and care, Scheherazade can work well in large containers, balcony planters, borders, and garden beds. It is a nice choice for gardeners who want fragrance and color without needing a large rose bed.

Its repeat blooming habit makes it rewarding in smaller spaces where every flush of flowers is easy to notice and enjoy.

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🌿 Easier Handling

The fewer-thorn habit makes pruning, cutting, and arranging more comfortable than many traditional roses. This is helpful for balcony growers, container gardeners, and anyone who likes to cut flowers for indoor display.

It offers a good balance of beauty, fragrance, and practical garden use.

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🎨 Garden Pairing Ideas

Scheherazade pairs beautifully with white, cream, lavender, mauve, dusty purple, soft peach, and silver-gray foliage. It can be used in romantic borders, cottage-style gardens, fragrance gardens, or Japanese-inspired planting designs.

For a softer look, pair it with pale roses and airy companion plants. For a richer look, combine it with deep purple, burgundy, or warm apricot flowers.

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🌿 Growing Note

Plant in full sun with good airflow and well-draining soil. In hot climates, consistent watering and light afternoon protection may help preserve flower color, fragrance, and bloom quality.

Japanese descriptions often use terms such as 四季咲き, 波状弁咲き, 強香, and トゲが少ない, referring to repeat flowering, wavy petals, strong fragrance, and fewer thorns.

Plant size, flower color, bloom form, and fragrance may vary depending on season, pruning, climate, and growing environment.

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📦 Live Plant Notice

This product is shipped as a live own-root rose plant. Plant size, leaf condition, bloom stage, and overall appearance may vary depending on the season, pruning stage, weather, and shipping time.