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'Victoria Gold' rose Description
'Victoria Gold' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Johno
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
12 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Medium yellow Floribunda.
Registration name: WELgold
Origin:
Bred by Eric T. Welsh (1929-2004) (Australia, before 1993).
Class:
Floribunda.  
Bloom:
Yellow.  Mild fragrance.  up to 45 petals.  Average diameter 3.25".  Medium, borne mostly solitary, in small clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Tall, armed with thorns / prickles, bushy.  Medium, glossy, medium green foliage.  

Height: 30" to 43" (75 to 110cm).  Width: 39" (100cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Can be used for cut flower.  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.  
Patents:
Australia - Application No: 1993/216  on  1993   VIEW PBR PATENT
Notes:
Differing parentages are quoted in the 1999 and 2002 references. We have used the parentage quoted in the Australian patent.

Treloar Roses says Victoria Gold is Victoria's rose of the year. It is released to commemorate the centenary of the Victorian Rose Society in 1999, the first Rose Society in Australia... this rose has double bright yellow blooms... In the cooler months the blooms have a fine red pencil edge...


Ross Roses says 'Victoria Gold' (WELgold) resembles its parent 'Gold Bunny' but is much deeper in color.