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'Golden Eye' rose Description
'Golden Eye' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Kajsa Sjödin
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
97R327
BAIeye
HMF Ratings:
24 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Orange or orange-red Shrub.
Registration name: BAIeye
Origin:
Bred by Peter Ping Lim :林 彬 (United States, 1997).
Introduced in United States by Bailey Nurseries in 2004.
Class:
Shrub.   (Series: Garden Jubilee ® Collection)  
Bloom:
Orange-red.  Mild fragrance.  7 to 10 petals.  Average diameter 2".  Medium, single (4-8 petals), in small clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Pointed buds.  
Habit:
Short, bushy, compact, dense, upright.  Semi-glossy, dark green foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 2' to 4' (60 to 120cm).  Width: up to 3' (up to 90cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 4a through 9a.  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, garden or landscape.  Very hardy.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant, very blackspot resistant..  Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom.  Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.  
Breeder's notes:
Sends up numerous clusters of bright orange-red blossoms with a golden eye. Flower effect rivals the very best. Highly disease resistant.
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 16,612  on  6 Jun 2006   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 10/962,443  on  13 Oct 2004
The female parent (i.e., the seed parent) was an unreleased Rosa plant from my breeding program that was designated `R92108` (non-patented in the United States). The male parent (i.e., the pollen parent) was the `KORfungo` variety (non-patented in the United States). The `KORfungo` variety sometimes is known as the `Royal Bassino` variety .... The new variety beginning in August 1998 has been found to undergo asexual propagation
Notes:
Petals are a very bright red-orange with a golden eye