'Carefree Sunshine' Rose

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'Carefree Sunshine' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of RoseLady44's Garden

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• RAD94-685.1
• RADsun

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

Parentage:

RAD91-57.21 × RAD93-125.2

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)