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'Sunny Knock Out ®' rose Description 
  
  
  
  Photo courtesy of MMastnak
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GOOD-.
 
ARS: Light yellow Shrub.Registration name: RADsunnyExhibition name: Sunny Knock Out ® 
Bloom: Yellow, ages to lighter .  Mild, spice fragrance.  8 to 11 petals.  Average diameter 2.5".  Medium, single to semi-double, in small clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.   
Habit: Medium, arching, bushy, rounded.  Large, matte, medium green foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  
 Height: up to 4½' (up to 135cm).
 
Growing: USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for garden, hedge or landscape.  Protect tender new spring growth from hard freezes that may cause canker, die-back and death of the plant. .  Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom.  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.  Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood..   
Patents: Canada - Patent No: 4875  on  17 Sep 2014 Application No: 08-6390  on  23 Jun 2008 Breeder: William J. Radler, Greenfield, United States of America'Radsunny' originated from a controlled cross-pollination conducted in Greenfield, Wisconsin, United States. A cross between the female parent 'Radbrite' and the male parent 'Radsweet' was conducted in the summer of 2001.
   United States - Patent No: PP 18,562  on  4 Mar 2008   VIEW USPTO PATENT Application No: 11/495,552  on  31 Jul 2006 Inventors: Radler; William J. (Greenfield, WI)The female parent (i.e., the seed parent) was the `Radbrite` variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 17,391). The male parent (i.e., the pollen parent) of the new variety was the `Radsweet` variety (non-patented in the United States). The `Radbrite` variety is being marketed under the Brite Eyes trademark.....The description is based on the observation of two-year-old specimens of the new variety during June while growing outdoors on their own roots near West Grove, Pa., U.S.A.
 
Notes: Ploidy supplied by David Zlesak. |