Fresh from the success of their recent Spring Fair, the Rentes family will present three new additions to the expansive range currently on offer. Roy Rentes told HC, “We’re delighted to bring new plant inspirations to Glas each year. We constantly gather feedback from our customers before we take on any new additions as we want to know exactly what thecustomers are looking for.” Based on that information, Rentes will be introducing Rosa persica ‘Persian Sun’ and R. ‘Eye to Eye’, both sister varieties to the very successful R. ‘Eye of the Tiger’ introduced in 2016.
The two roses have completely opposite growth habits but share the persica breeding in their distinctive flowers. R. ‘Eye to Eye’ is a shrub-like, spreading variety with healthy foliage and bright pink flowers with a dark centre, while R. ‘Persian Sun’ is an upright growing variety with apricot/orange flowers with a dark centre.
Other new introductions at Glas will be Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Tiffany’, a new lacecap form with pink or blue/purple (in acid soils) flowers and sturdy reddish foliage, and cultivars ‘Curly Sparkle Red’ and ‘Curly Sparkle Purple’, both with distinctly wavy foliage
and frilly flowers. A compact growing variety, the flowers will colour red in alkaline and purple in acid soils. More at rentes.ie
