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'RADsun' rose Description
'Carefree Sunshine' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Fredrik
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
33 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
ARS:
Light yellow Shrub.
Registration name: RADsun
Origin:
Bred by William J. Radler (United States, before 1991).
Introduced in United States by Conard-Pyle (Star Roses) in 2001 as 'Carefree Sunshine'.
Class:
Shrub.  
Bloom:
Light yellow.  Semi-double (9-16 petals), in small clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Mounded.  Dark green foliage.  

Height: 3' (90cm).  Width: 4' (120cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 8b.  Very hardy.  heat tolerant.  Disease susceptibility: very blackspot resistant..  
Patents:
Canada - Patent No: 2043  on  15 Dec 2004
Application No: 03-3483  on  24 Mar 2003
Breeder: William J. Radler, Greenfield, United States of America
'Radsun' originated from a cross of two unnamed seedlings made in Greenfield, Wisconsin in 1994......'Radsun' flowers mid-season and flowers almost continuously for four to six weeks.
 
United States - Patent No: PP 13,063  on  8 Oct 2002   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 09/760,801  on  17 Jan 2001
Notes:
See Member Photos for the complete (and complicated) parentage chart from Will Radler
Source for parentage: See the parentage tree of 'Carefree Sunshine' (in photos)