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'Eurostar ™' rose Description
'Marselisborg Castle' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Henrique Rodrigues Vivián
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
55 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Medium yellow Floribunda.
Registration name: POUlreb
Origin:
Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, 1988). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1988).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 1996 as 'Summer Gold'.
Class:
Floribunda.   (Series: Castle ® Collection, National Parks ® Collection)  
Bloom:
Yellow, ages to light yellow .  Strong, old rose fragrance.  60 to 75 petals.  Average diameter 3".  Medium, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, cupped, globular, old-fashioned bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Rounded buds.  
Habit:
Bushy.  Semi-glossy, medium green foliage.  6 leaflets.  

Height: 39" to 47" (100 to 120cm).  Width: up to 35" (up to 90cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  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.  Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .  Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).  
Patents:
Canada - Patent No: 1355  on  3 Feb 2003
Application No: 98-1276  on  11 Mar 1998
Rights surrendered on February 3, 2015.
Denomination: 'POULreb'
Trade name: Yellowstone
'POULreb' resulted from the controlled cross between two unnamed seedlings, made in 1988 in Fredensborg, Denmark.
 
United States - Patent No: PP 12,534  on  9 Apr 2002   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 09/287,295  on  31 Mar 1999
Inventors: Olesen; L. Pernille (Fredensborg DK-3480, DK), Olesen; Mogens N. (Fredensborg DK-3480, DK)
The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of garden rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing during the summer of 1988 between an unnamed seedling (non-patented) and an unnamed seedling (non-patented).
Notes:
Cants of Colchester say that the new name of 'Summer Gold', this rose was previously known as 'Eurostar', better reflects the beauty of the rose itself.