Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Petal count: very full: 40+ petals
Rose bloom color: Apricot and apricot blend
Extra Bloom Info: In large clusters
Rebloom: Good
Class: Floribunda
Growth Habit: Medium, 3-4 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Mild
Hybridizer & year: W. Kordes & Sons, before 2008
Awards: ADR: 2008

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: 3-4 feet
Plant Spread: 2-3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Other: Apricot blend
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Parentage: Seedling x seedling

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Summer Sun'
  • 'Sommersonne'
  • 'KORfogri'

Common names
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Location: Dean Bond Rose Garden,  Scott Arboretum, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Date: 2020-06-15
Location: Scott Arboretum, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Date: 2020-06-15
Location: Dean Bond Rose Garden,  Scott Arboretum, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Date: 2020-06-15
Location: Palatine Roses in Niagara-on-the-Lake
Date: 2016-06-25
Location: Rose Garden, Elizabeth Park, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Date: 2018-06-16
Location: Rose Garden, Elizabeth Park, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Date: 2018-06-16
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 2013-07-10
Survived 2 zone 5 winters with mulching
Location: Kassia's Garden - Framingham, MA 
Date: 2012-06-06
From Palatine Roses - planted in 2010 - really doing well this ye
Location: Kassia's Garden - Framingham, MA 
Date: 2012-06-03
Very similar to other roses that have a yellow back! I got it fro
Photo by robertduval14
Location: Kassia's Garden - Framingham, MA 
Date: 2012-06-06
Location: Kassia's Garden - Framingham, MA 
Date: 2012-06-06
Location: Kassia's Garden - Framingham, MA 
Date: 2012-06-06
Very open

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