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'Yantai' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Dave and Deb Boyd
HMF Ratings:
26 favorite votes. Average rating:
EXCELLENT.
ARS:
Yellow blend Mini-Flora. Registration name: TINtaiExhibition name: Yantai
Bloom:
Yellow blend. None to mild, fruity fragrance. 28 petals. Average diameter 1.5". Medium, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, classic hybrid tea bloom form. Prolific, blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Habit:
Medium, bushy, spreading, well-branched. Medium, semi-glossy, dark green foliage.
Height: up to 30" (up to 75cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b through 11. Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden. Heat tolerant. prefers full sun. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant. 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. Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).
Notes:
Meg Peterson reports that this rose is shade tolerant.
Abundant blooms of pale cream to golden yellow with a soft pink blush give a deceptively fragile appearance to these fragrant flowers. The bush is fragrant and disease resistant.
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