Uniform warm coffee-brown tone with a slight milky-caramel shade. - dwarf, miniature rose - mild, subtly scented rose - delicate, tea-like aroma
– Distinctive coffee‑caramel blooms with mauve tones.
– Compact dwarf habit ideal for pots and edges.
– Abundant repeat flowering over a long season.
– Mild, pleasant tea‑like fragrance present.
– Excellent disease resistance, premium gold rating.
– Gné speisialta: Buaiteoir “Miniature Princess of Show 1999”, rogha iontaofa do thaispeántais agus bailitheoirí.
Value-based choice – Consistent quality
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CAFÉ OLÉ – yellow-to-light-brown shaded dwarf-mini rose - Moore
With its softly caramel-shaded blooms and delicate tea-like scent, Café Olé brings an easy, romantic cottage atmosphere to compact Irish gardens and terraces, even where rainfall is frequent and summers are short and cool. This miniature rose is naturally disease-resistant and low maintenance, so You can enjoy repeat flushes of “latte” coloured flowers from early summer well into autumn without complicated care. Its own-root habit gives reassuring longevity and steady regrowth, helping the plant establish deep roots in heavier Irish soils and mature into a long-lived feature in pots or beds over three gentle years of development. Ideal for small, girly front gardens, edging paths, or bringing soft, café-au-lait charm to a sunny doorstep.
Café Olé in late bloom, with beige and mauve tones softening.
Café Olé showing different opening stages side by side.
Usage options
Target area
Reasoning
Small Dublin front garden bed
Compact height and spread make Café Olé perfect for narrow beds along railings or bay windows, offering reliable flowering without blocking light. Low maintenance, own-root growth means long-term structure for busy city homeowners who enjoy a soft, romantic look – ideal for the beginner.
Container on patio or balcony (40–50 L)
Its upright, dwarf habit and semi-double blooms suit a generously sized 40–50 litre pot, where roots can develop fully and support years of flowering. Own-root vigour makes replacement less likely, while mild fragrance adds a relaxed café feel outside the kitchen door – perfect for the urbanite.
Edging a cottage-style path
Moderately dense foliage and repeat-flowering clusters create a neat, low edging that ties paths to borders. Plant at 30–35 cm intervals for a continuous, frothy line of coffee-and-cream flowers, softening hard edges in a traditional Irish cottage setting – suited to the romantic.
Mixed border with perennials
Stable growth and good disease resistance allow Café Olé to sit calmly among hardy perennials on heavier Irish soils where drainage is managed, handling cool, damp spells without constant spraying. Its muted latte tones blend beautifully with blues and creams – appealing to the nature-lover.
Low maintenance family garden feature
Remontant flowering gives colour through the school holidays with little more than basic watering and occasional deadheading. Own-root structure supports recovery after children’s play or accidental pruning, maintaining shape and flowers year after year – reassuring for the busy family.
Mini hedge in a sunny front border
Consistent height and upright habit let You form a tidy, knee-high hedge along drives or paths. Plant 30 cm apart for a soft screen that repeats its coffee-toned blooms all season, bringing charm without the pruning demands of taller shrubs – a smart choice for the planner.
Clay soil garden with improved drainage
Once planted into well-prepared clay with compost and grit for drainage, Café Olé’s own-root resilience supports deep rooting and long life. Over time the plant copes reliably with Ireland’s changeable wet spells and cool summers, giving steady structure and bloom – ideal for the pragmatist.
Pollinator-friendly accent in a “girly” border
Semi-double flowers offer moderately accessible stamens for visiting insects while keeping a refined, decorative look. Combine with pollinator magnets like lavender or Vinca minor to build a softly coloured, wildlife-aware border around a terrace, gently alive with movement – perfect for the eco-conscious.
Styling ideas
Café-Terrace Charm – Underplant with thyme and dwarf lavender in a large pot for a relaxed bistro feel beside a kitchen door – for urban balcony and patio gardeners.
Girly-Path Edging – Line a gravel path with Café Olé and pale pink perennials for a soft, feminine route to the front door – for cottage-garden romantics.
Latte-Border Blend – Pair its coffee hues with cream hydrangeas and dusky mauve perennials to create a gentle, tonal border – for colour-conscious homeowners.
Mini-Hedge Ribbon – Plant a short, low hedge along a drive, punctuated with clipped box balls, for easy structure and long-season colour – for neat, time-poor families.
Soft-Contrast Corner – Combine with Clematis 'Snow Queen' and Vinca minor around a sunny fence post for layered texture and calm, muted tones – for small-garden stylists.
Technical cultivar profile
Property
Data
Name and registration
Miniature dwarf rose, registered as MORolé, traded as Café Olé Mini - dwarf rose MORolé; ARS exhibition name Café Olé, in the Rósra mion - abhac commercial group.
Origin and breeding
Natural sport of 'Winter Magic', bred by Ralph S. Moore at Sequoia Nursery, United States; introduced and registered in 1990, initially distributed by Sequoia Nursery.
Awards and recognition
Recognised in exhibition circles as Miniature Princess of Show in 1999, underlining its refined flower form and presentation value among miniature roses for show benches.
Growth and structural characteristics
Miniature, upright habit reaching about 70–90 cm high and 45–55 cm wide, with moderately dense, medium-green slightly glossy foliage and moderate prickliness on stems.
Flower morphology
Semi-double, cup-shaped blooms with 13–25 petals, medium-sized at 4–7 cm, carried in clusters; remontant with abundant second flush, providing repeat flowering through the season.
Colour data and phenology
Warm coffee-brown to milky caramel tones (RHS 165A, 164B) that fade towards cream and dusty rose-grey; latte-style effect at full bloom with subtle mauve and beige transitions.
Fragrance and aroma
Mild but noticeable scent with a delicate, tea-like character; suitable for close seating areas where a subtle, unobtrusive fragrance is preferred over strong perfumed varieties.
Hip characteristics
Occasional small rose hips, 6–8 mm, ovoid, bright red (RHS 43A), adding discreet late-season interest without significantly reducing the plant’s overall ornamental flowering display.
Resistance and winter hardiness
Good disease resistance, showing resistance to powdery mildew, black spot and rust; reliably hardy to about −21 to −18 °C (H7, USDA 6b, Swedish zone 3) in typical garden conditions.
Horticultural recommendations
Best in sun with free-draining soil; spacing 30–55 cm depending on use, 8.2–9.4 plants/m² for massing; excellent for containers, edging and beds with generally low maintenance needs.
Café Olé Mini - dwarf rose MORolé offers easy-care repeat flowering, gentle fragrance and long-lived own-root reliability; an excellent choice if You want enduring, low-fuss charm in your garden.
Detailed product attributes
Product Identification Data
Product Name:
CAFÉ OLÉ – yellow-to-light-brown shaded dwarf-mini rose - Moore
Product Type:
antoniaROSE® ORIGINAL - rós i bpota 2 lítear ar a fhréamhacha féin
Cultivar Name Meaning:
The name playfully alludes to the Spanish exclamation ¡Olé! and to the phrase café au lait (milk coffee), reflecting the flower’s coffee, caramel and russet shades.
Flower Colour:
Uniform warm coffee-brown tone with a slight milky-caramel shade.
Closed Bud:
Milk‑coffee beige base with a delicate rosy–mauve glow.
Freshly Opened Flower:
Warm caramel-beige mid tone with a pale peach tint, and a bloom-like, greyish-mauve shade appears on the outer petals.
Full Bloom:
Elegant 'latte' effect: creamy beige at the centre, cooling outwards to a powdery rose‑grey–mauve.
Pre-Fading Flower:
The warm beige lightens to cream, the lilac–mauve areas fade to a soft rose‑grey with a subtle beige edging.
Colour Fading Description:
As the blooms open, the warm coffee‑brown–beige tones fade to cream, and the purplish‑mauve shades fade to a dusty rose‑grey.
Pollinator Attraction:
Flowers moderately attract pollinators, with single to semi‑double flower forms and fairly accessible stamens providing moderate nectar and pollen availability to visiting insects.
Pollinator-Friendly Rating:
Semi-double-flowered, a variety that attracts pollinators only to a limited extent; mainly ornamental.
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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