Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Petal count: double: 16-25 petals
Rose bloom color: Orange and orange blend
Extra Bloom Info: Medium to large, double to full, in clusters
Rebloom: Good
Class: Grandiflora
Growth Habit: Medium, 3-4 feet, upright
Fragrance: Mild
Hybridizer & year: Samuel Darragh McGredy IV, 1982
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 6 and warmer
Awards: AARS: 1987

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)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6b -20.6 °C (-5 °F) to -17.8 °C (0 °F)
Plant Height: 3-4 feet
Plant Spread: 2-3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Orange
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Parentage: Mary Sumner x (Yellow Pages x Kabuki)
Child plants: 4 child plants

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'New Year'
  • 'MACnewye'
  • 'Arcadian'

Common names
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Location: Dallas,Texas
Date: 2020-12-16
Location: Bradenton Florida
Date: 2024-04-01
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2011-10-21
Location: in the Tulsa, OK Botanical Garden
Date: 2005-09-09
Rosa 'New Year'
Location: Grapevine, Texas USA
Date: April 17, 2020
Location: in the Tulsa, OK Botanical Garden
Date: 2005-09-09
Rosa 'New Year'
Location: Northern California, Zone 9b
Date: 2019-06-02
Vivid orange blooms really stand out against the deep red new gro
Location: San Jose Heritage Rose Garden
Date: 2007-10-29
Location: Eckert's Greenhouse, Sterling Heights, MI
Date: 2012-07-30
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: September 2011
Pretty even at shatter point
Photo by zuzu
Photo by Skiekitty
Photo by Skiekitty
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 2013-08-01
I love this orange rose...
Photo by Skiekitty
Location: Eckert's Greenhouse, Sterling Heights, MI
Date: 2012-07-30
Location: Eckert's Greenhouse, Sterling Heights, MI
Date: 2012-07-30
Location: Eckert's Greenhouse, Sterling Heights, MI
Date: 2012-07-30
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 2012-06-21
Survived zone 5 with protection, in constant bloom in this heat.

Didn't survive zone 5

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