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'Sunlit' rose Description
'Sunlit' rose photo
Photo courtesy of billy teabag
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
14 favorite votes.  
Average rating: GOOD+.  
ARS:
Apricot or apricot blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Sunlit
Origin:
Bred by Alister Clark (1864-1949) (Australia, 1937).
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1937 as 'Sunlit'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Apricot or apricot blend, darker under when new, fading lighter. Red stamens.  Small, double (17-25 petals), globular bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Few or no prickles/thorns.  

Height: 4'11" to 6'7" (150 to 200cm).  Width: 4'11" to 6'7" (150 to 200cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Parentage:
If you know the parentage of this rose, or other details, please contact us.
Notes:
The first (1937) reference to Sunlit hinted that it may be a tea rose. Thereafter most references referred to it as a HT.
Sets no hips.
 
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