'Eurostar ™' Rose

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'Eurostar ™' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Family Lorenz Garden

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Marselisborg Castle
• POUlreb
• Schloss Neuschwanstein ™
• Summer Gold ™
• Summer Star ™
• Summergold
• Yellowstone ™ (floribunda, Olesen/Poulsen, 1988/96)

HMF Ratings:

55 favorite votes.

ARS:

Medium yellow Floribunda.
Registration name: POUlreb

Origin:

Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, 1988). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1988).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 1996 as 'Summer Gold'.

Class:

Floribunda. (Series: Castle ® Collection, National Parks ® Collection)

Bloom:

Yellow, ages to light yellow . Strong, old rose fragrance. 60 to 75 petals. Average diameter 3". Medium, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, cupped, globular, old-fashioned bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Rounded buds.

Habit:

Bushy. Semi-glossy, medium green foliage. 6 leaflets.

Height: 39" to 47" (100 to 120cm). Width: up to 35" (up to 90cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b and warmer. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant. 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. Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) . Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).

Patents:

Canada - Patent No: 1355 on 3 Feb 2003
Application No: 98-1276 on 11 Mar 1998

Rights surrendered on February 3, 2015.
Denomination: 'POULreb'
Trade name: Yellowstone
'POULreb' resulted from the controlled cross between two unnamed seedlings, made in 1988 in Fredensborg, Denmark.

United States - Patent No: PP 12,534 on 9 Apr 2002 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 09/287,295 on 31 Mar 1999

Inventors: Olesen; L. Pernille (Fredensborg DK-3480, DK), Olesen; Mogens N. (Fredensborg DK-3480, DK)
The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of garden rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing during the summer of 1988 between an unnamed seedling (non-patented) and an unnamed seedling (non-patented).

Parentage:

Unnamed Seedling × Unnamed Seedling

Notes:

Cants of Colchester say that the new name of 'Summer Gold', this rose was previously known as 'Eurostar', better reflects the beauty of the rose itself.