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Yellow blend Floribunda.
Registration name: Little Darling

Bred by Carl G. Duehrsen (United States, before 1956).
Introduced in United States by Elmer Roses Co. (Elmer, C.A.) in 1956 as 'Little Darling'.

Floribunda.  

Butter-yellow, coral-pink shading.  Moderate, spice fragrance.  24 to 30 petals.  Average diameter 2.75".  Medium, very double, borne mostly solitary, in small clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Medium buds.  

Bushy, upright.  Medium, glossy, dark green, wrinkled (rugose) foliage.  7 leaflets.  

USDA zone 6b and warmer.  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.  

United States - Patent No: PP 1,581  on  19 Mar 1957   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 590,337  on  8 Jun 1956

Among [Ralph Moore's] greatest discoveries was that the 1956 Floribunda 'Little Darling' was a great producer of miniatures, and the line has been followed by breeders ever since.