Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Bloom shape: Flat
Petal count: Single: 1-7 petals
Rose bloom color: Light yellow
Extra Bloom Info: In small clusters
Rebloom: Excellent
Class: Shrub
Growth Habit: Medium-tall, 4-5 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Moderate
Hybridizer & year: William J. Radler, 2006
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)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5b -26.1 °C (-15 °F) to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 4-5 feet
Plant Spread: 3-4 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Yellow
Other: Cream
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Other: Spring to frost
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Parentage: Brite Eyes x RADsweet

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Sunny Knock Out'
  • 'RADsunny'

Common names
  • Rose
Also sold as:
  • Sunny Knockout

Photo Gallery
Photo by Hamwild
Location: Willow Valley Communities Lakes Campus, Willow Street, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2019-10-23
Location: Willow Valley Communities Lakes Campus, Willow Street, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2019-10-23
Location: Breezy Knees garden, York, UK
Date: 2020-09-10
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Breezy Knees garden, York, UK
Date: 2020-09-10
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania 17565
Date: 2017-09-22
Gift from Perfect Plants (via Raffle That Is Not a Raffle)
Location: Western NC
Date: May 22, 2014
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2018-10-14
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania 17565
Date: 2017-09-22
Gift from Perfect Plants (via Raffle That Is Not a Raffle)
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-05-05
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2018-06-02
Location: Sangamon Co. Il.
Date: 2018-05-27
Location: Back Yard. Full sun on west side.
Date: 2011-10-15
Just opened this morning.
Photo by jmorth
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2018-10-03
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2017-05-06
photo credit: Robert Duval
Location: Whetstone Park of Roses, Columbus OH
Date: 2016-05-29
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-01-16
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-01-16
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2018-06-28
Location: Grapevine, Texas USA
Date: April 9, 2020
Planted Fall 2018
Location: Sangamon Co. Il.
Date: 2018-05-27
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2010-07-03
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2010-07-03
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2010-07-03
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2018-10-13
Photo by Hamwild
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-04-27
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-05-05 
Container plant on my deck
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-07-20 
Rosehip on Sunny Knock Out Rose
Photo by Cinta
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2018-06-25
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-09-22
Location: Mountain City, Texas
Date: 2015

Date: September 2011

Date: September 11, 2011
Location: My west-side perennial bed.
Date: 2011-10-04

Photo Courtesy of Lobo Rose and Daylily Gardens. Used with Permis
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Virginia
Date: 2011-05-02
2 nd year plant
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-04-27 
Pretty deep yellow before fading to pale.
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-05-05
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Comments:
  • Posted by blue23rose (southern Indiana - Zone 6b) on Feb 6, 2015 12:59 PM concerning plant:
    As noticed in the buds in these pictures, the blooms look like they are going to be a sunny yellow. However, once opened, they turn to a creamy yellow, which is not to say it is bad, just different than what one might expect. So there are varying shades from sunny yellow to cream on the shrub at the same time, which is nice. My own rose bush is in shade in the morning and about 4 hours sun in the evening.

    This rose definitely is fragrant and fills the air... no need to put your nose into the blooms!

    I have not had much problem with pests other than Japanese beetles and have not had much of an issue with disease either.
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