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Group/Class:  Hybrid Tea Rose

Description:

This variety produces vibrant full bright yellow blooms that fade to hues of butter and cream; a vigorous bloomer all season long with a backdrop of dense deep green foliage that emerges brick red; great for walkways, borders and garden accent shrub

Ornamental Features

Sunny Daze Rose features showy lightly-scented yellow flowers at the ends of the branches from early summer to early fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has dark green deciduous foliage which emerges brick red in spring. The glossy oval compound leaves turn yellow in fall.

Landscape Attributes

Sunny Daze Rose is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

This shrub will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

• Spiny

Sunny Daze Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Mass Planting
• Hedges/Screening
• General Garden Use

Planting & Growing

Sunny Daze Rose will grow to be about 4 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 feet. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years.

This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.