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• Gold Star (shrub, Tantau 1966)
• Goldstern
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Medium yellow Hybrid Kordesii.
Registration name: Goldstern
Exhibition name: Goldstern

Bred by Mathias Tantau, Jr. (1912 - 2006) (Germany, 1966).

Hybrid Kordesii, Shrub.  

Golden-yellow.  Average diameter 5".  Large, double (17-25 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Long, pointed buds.  

Tall, bushy.  Glossy foliage.  

Height: 7' to 8' (215 to 245cm).  

USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Can be used for cut flower, garden, pillar or shrub.  Vigorous.  Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .  Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).