Well....maybe every rose introduced should NOT be saved, but this one, never at all marketed widely (Wyant, early 70's) somehow has survived extinction via a 40+ year old bed at Park of Roses in Columbus and now is being grown in other places as well. It is a LUSTY grower, big, wide, tall, extremely thorny, HUGE beautiful glossy leaves that are actually decently disease resistant and per above evidently quite hardy. The blooms are rather old-fashioned in shape, extreme petal count, not unlike Sunsong from 1975, another GR..........color is probably what got this one introduced as color change was a BIG deal in the 70's and this one is light orange-coral with a white/silver reverse then fading/changing to deeper orange in the sun, as the blooms age----not unlike Color Wonder from 1968 or even Typhoo Tea, 1973 (but no fragrance at all). I get a lot of vegative centers, cannot lie, and again, petal count over 100..........marginally relevant but a relic, something that is still here despite all odds and something a collector interested in GR's/the 70's might want to look into getting...........how that bed at Park of Roses never was turned over is incredible: beds of roses much more notable, more widely introduced, have come and gone and this one is still there and now in a few other places as well, deserved or not..........