Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape: High-centered
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Medium yellow
Rebloom: Good
Class: Hybrid tea
Extra Color Info: Yellow
Growth Habit: Tall, upright, 5-7 feet
Fragrance: Mild
Hybridizer & year: Samuel Darragh McGredy IV, 1998
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 7 and warmer

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 5-7 feet
Plant Spread: 3-4 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Aperitif'
  • 'MACwairar'

Common names
  • Rose

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Date: 2009-06-08
Location: Butchart Gardens, Victoria BC
Date: 2016-08-06

Date: 2012-06-05
Location: Butchart Gardens, Victoria BC
Date: 2016-08-06
Location: Butchart Gardens, Victoria, BC
Date: 2019-06-11

Regans Nursery
Photo by Paul2032

Date: 2007-06-01
Photo courtesy of: Georges Seguin

Regans Nursery

Date: 2012-06-10
Location: At a nursery
Date: 2009-04-29

Date: 2012-06-05

Photo courtesy of: Garitzko

Regans Nursery

Date: 2012-06-10

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