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'Aalsmeer Gold ®' rose Description 
  
  
  
  Photo courtesy of Donna's Rose Garden - Northern CA
ARS: Deep yellow Hybrid Tea.Registration name: Aalsmeer Gold ®
 Exhibition name: Aalsmeer Gold ®
 
Class: Florists Rose, Hybrid Tea.   
Bloom: Deep yellow, deep pink shading.  None to mild fragrance.  20 to 30 petals.  Average diameter 3".  Medium, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, high-centered, reflexed bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Long, pointed buds.   
Habit: Bushy, few or no prickles/thorns, upright, well-branched.  Medium, glossy, dark green, leathery foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  
 
Growing: USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Vigorous.  Disease susceptibility: very mildew 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.   
Patents: United States - Patent No: PP 4,421  on  29 May 1979   VIEW USPTO PATENT Application No: 05/918,559  on  23 Jun 1978 
Notes: Sierraflor, a wholesale nursery is Ecuador, sells this rose as a cut flower. |