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'Gold Strike' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Mahmood Hossain Jony
ARS:
Medium yellow Floribunda. Registration name: Gold Strike (floribunda, Swim 1954) Exhibition name: Gold Strike
Class:
Floribunda, Florists Rose.
Bloom:
Lemon-yellow. Moderate, tea fragrance. 30 to 35 petals. Average diameter 2.25". Medium, full (26-40 petals), in small clusters, high-centered to cupped, open bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Small, leafy sepals, ovoid buds.
Habit:
Bushy, compact, spreading, upright. Medium, semi-glossy, dark green, leathery foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer. Vigorous. 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.
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 1,435 on 8 Nov 1955 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 464,663 on 25 Oct 1954 Herbert C. Swim, Ontario, Calif., assignor to Armstrong Nurseries, Inc., Ontario, Calif.
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