I saw this recently at a store. Looked nice enough. Very fully display of blooms and foliage. Color is a bright white-yellow. Neither white or yellow or cream, but all of each as one tone.

My problem is general is the distrust of Sunblaze roses looking amazing at the box stores, and downy mildewing 2 months later into a sad mess. The new generation of Sunblaze obviously incorporates Knock Out roses for better health, but the Knock Outs they use also do not correspond to downy mildew resistances.

Until I see their full lineages, my distrust will be the same as the prior generation of Sunblaze roses, as both black spot and downy defoliate miniatures at a greater speed and ugliness due to the miniatures dense air flow obstruction and closeness to the ground.

While I realize this all sounds negative, I like most Meilland roses, and hope they combat this issue. Otherwise, I'm just throwing money away at something pretty for a few weeks a year.

From its US Patent: "The new variety of the present invention can readily be distinguished from its ancestors. More specifically, the unnamed seed parent displays flowers that are true intense yellow in color, whereas the new variety displays cream colored flowers. In addition, the unnamed pollen parent (Different Unnamed Seedling x ‘RADTKO') produces lower color surface when in full bloom compared to the new variety."

I am hoping this new series of Sunblazes, that probably has no to quite lessened frequency of black spot, have also dealt with their propensity to attract downy mildew in the Pacific Northwest. It is common to buy these at the local big box stores, only for them to gain downy mildew a month later. So, whatever their new lineages may be, I hope this has also been dealt with so the public can regain their trust in these types of smaller roses.