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'Yellow Brick Road' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Michael Garhart
HMF Ratings:
28 favorite votes. Average rating:
EXCELLENT-.
Bloom:
Yellow. Deep yellow with lighter outer petals aging to buttercream. Mild to strong, violets fragrance. up to 38 petals. Average diameter 3". Medium, full (26-40 petals), old-fashioned, rounded bloom form. Prolific, blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Habit:
Medium, bushy, compact, rounded. Medium, glossy, medium green foliage. Height of 2' to 4' (60 to 120 cm). Width of 2' to 4' (60 to 120 cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 4b through 9b. Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower, garden, ground cover or hedge. Hardy. Disease susceptibility: disease resistant, very blackspot resistant.. Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom. 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. Needs little care; relatively disease-free and quite hardy.
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 19,046 on 22 Jul 2008 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 11/809,232 on 31 May 2007 The new variety of shrub rose, `BAIload`, designated as seedling No 97RMX1 was selected among seedlings derived from a cross made in Yamhill, Oreg. in 1991 [should be 1997] between the female parent, `RADsun` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 13,063) and the male parent, an unnamed intermediate seedling derived from a cross between `RADsun` as the female parent and `Noason` (not patented) as the male parent. `BAIload` was selected as unique and budded onto understock in August 1998 and reselected by the inventors for its distinct characteristics in 2001.
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