HelpMeFind Roses, Clematis and Peonies
Roses, Clematis and Peonies
and everything gardening related.
DescriptionPhotosLineageAwardsReferencesMember RatingsMember CommentsMember JournalsGardensBuy From 
'Carefree Sunshine' rose Description
'Carefree Sunshine' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Heirloom Roses, Inc. (USA)
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)