''Rosa'' 'Line Renaud' is a

hybrid tea rose Hybrid tea is an informal horticultural classification for a group of garden roses. The first hybrid tea roses were created in France in the mid-1800s, by cross-breeding the large, floriferous Hybrid Perpetuals with the tall, elegant Tea roses. T ...

cultivar A cultivar is a type of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and when propagated retain those traits. Methods used to propagate cultivars include: division, root and stem cuttings, offsets, grafting, tissue culture, ...

bred in France by

Meilland International SA Meilland International SA is a family-owned rose growing business founded circa 1850. The business operates today out of the Domaine de Saint André in Le Cannet-des-Maures, Le Luc en Provence, Var, France with branches all over the world. History ...

and introduced in 2006. It was named for French actress

Line Renaud Line Renaud (born 2 July 1928) is a French singer, actress and AIDS activist. Early life Line Renaud was born Jacqueline Ente in Pont-de-Nieppe on 2 July 1928. Her mother Simone was a shorthand typist; her father was a truck driver during the we ...

. 'Line Renaud' was developed at the Meilland-Richardier research center in

Le Cannet-des-Maures Le Cannet-des-Maures (; oc, Lo Canet dei Mauras) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. History The town was called "Cannet" until the French Revolution, and later "Le Cannet". Duri ...

. It is the result of a crossing in the year 1997, germinated in 1998 and was successively selected from thousands of seedlings in several stages. Its combination of fragrance and health was described as rare by Andreas Barlage. Klaus Körber described the citrus fragrance as superb and popular with customers. The cultivar grows shoots up to high with medium-sized very double flowers that are pink to pink red and have a very strong fragrance. The rose flowers repeatedly beginning in May or June. The rose grows one to four flowers per stem that are in diameter. The bloom has been described as pink, dark pink, or fuchsia-colored in the style of old roses or resembling a

peony The peony or paeony is a flowering plant in the genus ''Paeonia'' , the only genus in the family Paeoniaceae . Peonies are native to Asia, Europe and Western North America. Scientists differ on the number of species that can be distinguished, ...

. The petals are firm, which allows the flower to stay in shape in rain, the inner petals are sometimes whirled or quartered, and petals often have a thin light border and are sometimes crenated. The shrub is very thorny, branches only below flowers, and has large green to dark green foliage. Its habit is upright and bushy. 'Line Renaud' does not develop hips and does not self-clean in cold or damp weather. Bauer and Grothe suggest planting the rose in small groups and near to seats because of its fragrance. Barlage suggests a combination with

garden heliotrope A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the cultivation, display, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The single feature identifying even the wildest wild garden is ''control''. The garden can incorporate both ...

sweet alyssum ''Lobularia maritima'' ( syn. ''Alyssum maritimum'') is a species of low-growing flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. Its common name is sweet alyssum or , also commonly referred to as just alyssum (from the genus ''Alyssum'' in which it ...

, and trumpet lilies. Bauer and Grothe propose combining the rose with rose mallow. Cut flowers of 'Line Renaud' last for a week. The cultivar can grow excessive shoots and gives a middling appearance in a container. 'Line Renaud' won the Golden Rose of the City

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in 2007, became an

ADR rose An ADR rose is a winner in the German ADR rose trial (''Allgemeine Deutsche Rosenneuheitenprüfung''). No chemical pesticides have been allowed since 1997 and breeders often describe the trial as among the most challenging in the world.Pellett 201 ...

in 2007, won a Silver Medal and Most Fragrant Rose at the 2008 Australian National Rose Trials, and won the 2009 Grand Prix de la Rose in all categories by the

National Horticultural Society of France The National Horticultural Society of France (French: ''Société nationale dhorticulture de France'', or SNHF) is a horticultural society founded in 1827 by Louis-Étienne Héricart de Thury. Headquartered in Paris, it comprises specialized de ...

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{{Rose, state=collapsed Plants described in 2006 Products introduced in 2006