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'Sunny Knock Out ®' rose Description
'Sunny Knock Out ®' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Jean Marion
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
21 favorite votes.  
Average rating: GOOD-.  
ARS:
Light yellow Shrub.
Registration name: RADsunny
Exhibition name: Sunny Knock Out ®
Origin:
Bred by William J. Radler (United States, before 2004).
Introduced in United States by Conard-Pyle (Star Roses) in 2008 as 'Sunny Knock Out'.
Class:
Shrub.  
Bloom:
Yellow, ages to lighter .  Mild, spice fragrance.  8 to 11 petals.  Average diameter 2.5".  Medium, single to semi-double, in small clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Medium, arching, bushy, rounded.  Large, matte, medium green foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: up to 4½' (up to 135cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for garden, hedge or landscape.  Protect tender new spring growth from hard freezes that may cause canker, die-back and death of the plant. .  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.  Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood..  
Patents:
Canada - Patent No: 4875  on  17 Sep 2014
Application No: 08-6390  on  23 Jun 2008
Breeder: William J. Radler, Greenfield, United States of America
'Radsunny' originated from a controlled cross-pollination conducted in Greenfield, Wisconsin, United States. A cross between the female parent 'Radbrite' and the male parent 'Radsweet' was conducted in the summer of 2001.
 
United States - Patent No: PP 18,562  on  4 Mar 2008   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 11/495,552  on  31 Jul 2006
Inventors: Radler; William J. (Greenfield, WI)
The female parent (i.e., the seed parent) was the `Radbrite` variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 17,391). The male parent (i.e., the pollen parent) of the new variety was the `Radsweet` variety (non-patented in the United States). The `Radbrite` variety is being marketed under the Brite Eyes trademark.....The description is based on the observation of two-year-old specimens of the new variety during June while growing outdoors on their own roots near West Grove, Pa., U.S.A.
Ploidy:
Triploid
Notes:
Ploidy supplied by David Zlesak.