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'Aspen' rose Description
'Sun Cover ™' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Kajsa Sjödin
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
31 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Medium yellow Shrub.
Registration name: POUlurt
Exhibition name: Aspen
Origin:
Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, before 1994). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, before 1994).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 1996 as 'Sun Cover'.
Class:
Shrub.   (Series: Towne & Country ® Series)  
Bloom:
Yellow.  Mild fragrance.  14 to 18 petals.  Average diameter 1.75".  Small to medium, semi-double to double, cupped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:

Height: 14" to 18" (35 to 45cm).  Width: 2' to 4' (60 to 120cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for ground cover.  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: 0560  on  7 Dec 1998
Application No: 96-728  on  30 Jan 1995
Rights surrendered on December 1, 2004.
Denomination: 'POULurt'
Trade name: Aspen
 
European Union - Patent No: 351  on  2 Aug 1996
Application No: 95/0593
Holder: Poulsen Roser ApS. Denomination approved: POULURT.
 
United States - Patent No: PP 9,637  on  3 Sep 1996   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 08/380,112  on  30 Jan 1995
Inventors: Olesen; Pernille (Fredensborg, DK), Olesen; Mogens N. (Fredensborg, DK)
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of rose which was originated by crossing as seed and pollen parents two unnamed and undistributed seedlings of our creation
Notes:
Heirloom Old Garden Roses says Gwent has bright yellow, semi-double cupped blooms with rich, golden stamens and ruffled petals...