'Fun in the Sun™' Rose

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'Fun in the Sun™' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of cgurtler

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• WEKpupmobalip

HMF Ratings:

13 favorite votes.
Average rating: GOOD+.

Origin:

Bred by Christian Bédard (United States, before 2017).
Introduced in United States by Edmunds' Roses in 2021 as 'Fun in the Sun'.

Class:

Grandiflora.

Bloom:

Golden-yellow, lighter outer petals, apricot center, pink shading. Strong, fruity, spice fragrance. 54 to 146 petals. Average diameter 3.5". Large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Rounded buds.

Habit:

Upright, well-branched. Glossy, medium green foliage. 3 to 7 leaflets.

Height: 42" to 4½' (105 to 135cm). Width: 26" to 33" (65 to 85cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9a.

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 33,325 on 10 Aug 2021 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 17/247,216 on 3 Dec 2020

Inventors: Bedard; Christian (Rancho Cucamonga, CA)
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Grandiflora Rose. It has a non-disseminated seedling of my creation as its seed parent with the following genetic origin Pumpkin Patch x (Moonstone x Baby Love) and as its pollen parent the variety known as `WEKjucistwe` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 31,861)....The branches used for the photograph came from 3 to 4 year-old rose plants of the new variety grown outdoors in Wasco, Calif.

Parentage:

seed:	Pumpkin Patch (floribunda, Bedard 2008) × [ Moonstone ™ (Hybrid Tea, Carruth 1998) × Baby Love (miniature, Scrivens before 1991)]
pollen:	WEKjucistwe

Notes:

Source: Fun in the Sun
Breeder from the Edmunds catalogue