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'Golden Years' rose Description
'Golden Years' rose photo
Photo courtesy of lanling
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
11 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
ARS:
Medium yellow Floribunda.
Registration name: HARween
Exhibition name: Golden Years
Origin:
Bred by Harkness & Co. (United Kingdom, 1988).
Introduced in United Kingdom by R Harkness & Co. Ltd. in 1990 as 'Golden Years'.
Class:
Floribunda.  
Bloom:
Yellow.  None to mild, fruity fragrance.  40 to 46 petals.  Large, very full (41+ petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, cupped, old-fashioned bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Medium, bushy.  Medium, semi-glossy, dark green foliage.  

Height: 2' to 35" (60 to 90cm).  Width: 2' (60cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden.  Disease susceptibility: susceptible to Mildew.  Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.  
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
It was named for the centenary of the Girls' Grammar School in the raiser's home town of Hitchin.
 
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