'Sun Hit ®' Rose

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'Sun Hit ®' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of leander

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Golden Wishes ™
• POUlsun
• Sun ™
• Sunhit

HMF Ratings:

55 favorite votes.

ARS:

Medium yellow Mini-Flora.
Registration name: POUlsun
Exhibition name: Sun Hit ®

Origin:

Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, 1994). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1994).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 1996 as 'Sun Hit'.

Class:

Mini-Flora, Patio. (Series: PatioHit ® Collection)

Bloom:

Yellow. Mild fragrance. 30 to 35 petals. Average diameter 2.25". Medium, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Long, pointed, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Medium, compact, upright, well-branched. Glossy, dark green, dense foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.

Height: 16" to 2' (40 to 60cm). Width: 18" (45cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden.

Patents:

Australia - Application No: 1996/021 on 1996 VIEW PBR PATENT

Canada - Patent No: 0611 on 7 Apr 1999
Application No: 95-681 on 12 Dec 1995

Rights surrendered on July 28, 2008.
Denomination: 'POULsun'
Trade name: Sun Hit

European Union - Patent No: 324 on 2 Aug 1996
Application No: 19950454 on 2 Aug 1995

Holder: Poulsen Roser ApS. Denomination approved: POULSUN.
First commercialisation in EU: December 11, 1991
expiry of protection on 01/01/2017.

New Zealand - Patent No: 1265 on 18 Jul 1997
Application No: ROS499 on 26 Apr 1994

Trade Name: Sun Hit.

United States - Patent No: PP 9,716 on 3 Dec 1996 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 08/590,263 on 19 Jan 1996

Inventors: Olesen; Morgens N. (Fredensborg, DK), Olesen; Pernille (Fredensborg, DK)
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of rose plant of the miniature class which was originated by our crossing an unnamed seedling, unpatented, with the variety Goldmarie 82, unpatented.

Parentage:

Unnamed Seedling × Goldmarie 82

Notes:

Harkness Roses says this rose was really intended as a pot-rose, but it has amazing numbers of blooms inside or out...