Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape: High-centered
Petal count: double: 16-25 petals
Rose bloom color: Deep yellow
Rebloom: Good
Class: Hybrid tea
Extra Color Info: Golden-yellow
Growth Habit: Medium-tall, 5-6 feet, upright
Fragrance: Moderate
Hybridizer & year: Jack E. Christensen, 1992
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 7 and warmer
Awards: AARS: 1994

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
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)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7b -15 °C (5 °F) to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
Plant Height: 5-6 feet
Plant Spread: 3-4 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Yellow
Other: Gold
Bloom Size: 3"-4"
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Conservation status: Least Concern (LC)
Parentage: Brandy x Friesensohne
Child plants: 5 child plants

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Least Concern
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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Midas Touch'
  • 'JACtou'

Common names
  • Rose

Photo Gallery

Date: 2018-07-21
Location: charlottetown, pei, canada
Date: 2020-june 24 
Rosa- Midas Touch,first bloom on a new bush.
Location: Piney Flats, TN
Date: 2023-05-23
Midas Touch 2023
Location: Piney Flats, TN
Date: 2023-09-07

Date: 2017-09-09
Location: Deer Park,TX Zone 9
Date: April 2023

Date: May 2018

Date: 2019-07-02
Photo by MissMimie
Photo by MargieNY
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-06-22

Date: 2019-08-12
Photo by MargieNY
Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Date: 2014-09-14
Photo by MargieNY
Location: KALAMA WA
  • Uploaded by Joy
Photo by Mike

Sunset Flowerland, Fairfield ME

Date: 2019-07-12
Photo by Mike
Photo by Mike
Photo by zuzu
Photo by Mike
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Photo by Mike
Comments:
  • Posted by Mike (Lower Hudson Valley, New York - Zone 6b) on Aug 25, 2014 9:57 PM concerning plant:
    The deep, bright yellow color of Midas Touch makes it stand out like a beacon in the garden. No matter how many other roses are in bloom, one's eye is inevitably drawn to its strong, vivid color, especially since the blooms are held aloft a bit higher than some other roses. It's one of my favorite cultivars for that reason.

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