Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Petal count: double: 16-25 petals
Rose bloom color: Medium yellow
Extra Bloom Info: Double to full, in clusters
Rebloom: Good
Class: Floribunda
Extra Color Info: Bright yellow
Growth Habit: Short, 2-3 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Strong
Hybridizer & year: Reimer Kordes, 1973
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 5 and warmer

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 2-3 feet
Plant Spread: 2-3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Parentage: Friedrich Worlein x Spanish Sun
Child plants: 6 child plants

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Sunsprite'
  • 'KORresia'
  • 'Friesia'

Common names
  • Rose

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Location: Switzerland, in my garden
Date: 2017-09-25
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2017-05-24
Photo by MGKing
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2022-04-19
Location: Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-08-27
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2017-04-26
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2017-04-04
Location: Prescott, AZ
Date: 2017-08-17
In  its Fifth Year, after an Exceptional July Monsoon.
Location: Ohio
Date: 2008-07-20
  • Uploaded by Val
Location: Potomac MD
Date: 2019-06-01
Location: Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-08-27
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2020-04-20
Location: Elberfeld, Indiana
Date: 7/21/14
Location: Castle Howard plant centre, Yorkshire UK
Location: Deer Park,TX Zone 9
Date: May 2023
Photo by glengarry23
Location: Backyard in Tucson, Arizona
Date: 2010 late spring
Fragrant Sunsprite rose
Location: Castle Howard plant centre, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2018-06-13
Location: Cary, North Carolina private garden
Date: 5/25/23
Location: Hershey Gardens, Hershey, PA 17033
Date: 2016-06-26
Nice fragrance
Location: Botanical Garden Leipzig, Germany
Date: 2022-09-17
Location: Maine
Date: 2013-06-06

This Rose Blooms All Season Long! Lovely, Strong Scent.
Photo by Betja
Photo by darksome
Location: Islamabad, zone 9b
Date: 2016-03-29
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2012-05-18
Location: Bordines Nursery, Rochester Hills, MI
Date: 2010-06-07
Photo by chelle

photo credit: Yoko Nekonomania
Photo by Oldgardenrose

Sunsprite
Photo by Betja

Date: 2015-05-21
Photo by darksome
Photo by darksome
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2012-05-18
Location: Bordines Nursery, Rochester Hills, MI
Date: 2010-06-07
Photo by chelle
Photo by Val
  • Uploaded by Val
Location: Elberfeld, Indiana
Date: 5/27/13
Location: Elberfeld, Indiana
Date: 5/27/13
Location: Hershey Gardens, Hershey, PA 17033
Date: 2016-06-26
Nice fragrance
Location: Ohio
Date: 2008-07-19
  • Uploaded by Val
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2010-06-08
Plants in zone 5 die back to near ground-level, but recover nicel
Location: In my garden 
Date: 2009-09-28

Date: 2015-05-21
Photo by Newyorkrita
Photo by Betja
Photo by Steve812
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b.
Date: 2010-07-30
This is one of those roses that reliably supplies more blooms tha
Photo by darksome
Photo by darksome
Location: Islamabad, zone 9b
Date: 2016-03-30

photo credit:  Yoko Nekonomania
Photo by Skiekitty
Photo by Newyorkrita
Location: San Jose Heritage Rose Garden.
Date: October
photo by Stan Shebs
Comments:
  • Posted by quietyard (Tucson, Arizona) on Oct 1, 2011 3:45 PM concerning plant:
    This is one of the most fragrant roses I have ever grown. I am often surprised by the strong aroma when I go outside . A wonderful surprise ! :-)
  • Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Feb 10, 2014 2:21 PM concerning plant:
    No wonder Sunsprite is such a popular rose to grow. It has been around for over 35 years. Nurseries around here usually carry it in spring. A very cheerful yellow bloom that is sure to attract attention. I have my Sunsprites growing in the very front row of my front yard rose garden that I call Floribundaville so everyone passing by can easily see them. Such cheerful and bright lemon-yellow blooms and plenty of them. I do spray Sunsprite with a systemic fungicide to keep it disease-free here in my humid hot summers.
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