I saw this rose a lot when I used to go to Heirlooms and it was more of a place you could just make a nice day of it. Its more insular and commercial now. I don't even know if one can go visit now, but I would choose not to regardless. I also recall seeing this rose at Washington Park.

It was never a large rose, and it was always pretty. The blooms stayed on the plant forever, but never really faded poorly. I felt it would be bred out of Tequila Sunrise, because I see some shared traits in them both. I had wondered if it was also bred out of La Sevilliana.

You cannot miss this rose. It stands out, but its not big at all.

I'm very impressed with this rose's determination to survive and thrive! I planted the little band the day after it arrived and that night a rabbit ate all but three tiny leaves (leaves, not leaf branches) and chewed the canes down to 2". I thought "well, she's a goner", but I kept her well watered and watched and waited. One of her canes got canker and I clipped it to below the soil (the cane was so tiny it was infected to the ground before I noticed the canker). I thought for sure the rose was going to die now. Fastforward a week and litterally overnight she put out several little branches loaded with new leaves! Within a month she put out four buds and her blooms were beautiful! I've picked all her buds since then, along with my other band roses' buds, because I want them to put their energy into growing. This little girl has already caught up to a few others and continues to grow in a beautiful bushy form. She may not be as tall as some of my others, but she's certainly bushy enough to make up for it! Did I forget to mention she's already put out another cane? She also has had no issues with mildew or blackspot, but only two of my fifteen roses are having an issue with blackspot - and they aren't getting it too badly.

If I remember I'll update this in a couple years to let you know if she continues to thrive.

A little update:
It's now early fall and nearly all my roses are naked from blackspot (those that did not drop their leaves are known to be very disease resistant). Sunrise at Heirloom was also hit hard from blackspot, though it was one of the last and within a couple weeks it put out new leaves. I'm still very impressed with this rose. It seems every few weeks Sunrise is COVERED in vibrant orange blooms all over the bush and the only things I've ever fed it were a few comfrey leaves, some coffee grounds, and mulch in early summer. It had the toughest start of all my 15 roses and it's still the best bloomer and its size isn't bad especially considering how often and how much it blooms. Despite the blackspot, this rose has a lot to offer even a no-spray garden and I'm definately going to keep her. Oh! I almost forgot to mention that its blooms last in a bowl of water for almost week, if not a full week or more!

Hi all,

I had two own-root Sunrise at Heirlooms which did well in the first couple seasons
so I bought 4 more SAH's.

Unfortunately the two SAH's I orginally had started getting moderate to severe Blackspot.
(Lost 30% - 70% of there leaves.

The 4 new young SAH's in there first growing season also lost leaves due to Blackspot.
Since I'm no spray I'll be removing them at the end of the 2013 growing season...
These roses were out front in the spotlight for all passer byers to see....

LOCATION: (CENTRAL PA.)

PS. This roses does bloom well and is a fast grower. Size is 3ft x 2.5ft here...
Hardly no scent & bloom size ranges from 2" - 3"...

The two Sunrise at Heiloom roses did well in 2012. Here it grew bushy with many canes to about 2.5 ft
high and wide. Both SAH's bloomed non stop all season long...
Overwintered 2012-2013 with no problems here in Central Pa zone 5/6.
I'll let you know how they do through the 2013 growing season...