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Rosa Sunsprite

syn. 'KORresia', 'Friesia'

Description:

Thorns cover the stem and the plant holds large yellow buds and blooms

Habitat:

Spotted growing in front yard.

Notes:

Sunsprite is a floribunda rose variety developed by Reimer Kordes and introduced in 1973. It was derivated from the cultivars 'Friedrich Wörlein' × 'Spanish Sun'. The flowers are deep yellow with 17 to 25 petals and a strong fragrance. The blooming period is from June to September. The plant reaches about 40 to 60 cm height, is very disease resistant and hardy (USDA zone 6b) and can be grown on the ground or in containers. [see reference for source of information]

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2 Comments

CoralAvery
CoralAvery 12 years ago

Maybe this will help, the description seems right and the first picture is similar:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floribunda_...)
It's probably a 'sunsprite':
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_%27Sun...

yellow rose for sure... I can´t tell which kind of hybrid

CoralAvery
Spotted by
CoralAvery

San Diego, California, USA

Spotted on Aug 3, 2010
Submitted on Aug 24, 2011

Spotted for Mission

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