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'Bit o' Sunshine' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Barden, Paul
ARS:
Deep yellow Miniature.
Registration name: Bit o' Sunshine
Bloom:
Butter-yellow. Occasionally up to 30 to 40 narrow petals. Moderate, tea rose fragrance. 18 to 20 petals. Average diameter 1.5". Small, semi-double to double, borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Small, leafy sepals, long sepals, long, pointed buds.
Habit:
Short, bushy, well-branched. Semi-glossy, medium green foliage. 5 leaflets.
Height: 1' to 15" (30 to 40cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 1,631 on 6 Aug 1957 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 616,359 on 16 Oct 1956 The variety was originated by me in my nursery in Visalia, Tulare County, California, as a seedling resulting from a cross of Copper Glow as the seed parent, and un unnamed seedling (Carolyn Dean X Tom Thumb) as the pollen parent.
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