'Golden Melody' Rose

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'Golden Melody' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Cliff's High Desert Garden Archival Dec, 2011 last updated 101812

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• DOTami
• Irene Churruca (hybrid tea, Fojo, 1934)
• "Kombacy Kathryn"

HMF Ratings:

23 favorite votes.

ARS:

Light yellow Hybrid Tea.

Origin:

Bred by Eugenio Fojo (Spain, 1934).
Introduced by Unknown (Australia) in before 1949 as 'Golden Melody'.
Introduced in France by Pépinières Minier in 1963.
Introduced in Spain by Horticultura Dot S.P/Rosas Dot in 1963 as 'Irene Churruca'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Buff, ages to cream . Strong fragrance. up to 35 petals. Large, full (26-40 petals) bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Pointed buds.

Habit:

Height: 30" to 3' (75 to 90cm). Width: 2' (60cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

seed:	Madame Butterfly
pollen:	Lady Hillingdon (Tea, Lowe & Shawyer, 1910) × Souvenir de Claudius Pernet

Notes:

Irene Churruca y Murga (December 3, 1874 - ?), married April 12, 1899 to José Antonio Arana y Urigüen (vice-president of the Sporting Club of Bilbao), was a wealthy landowner and gardener in Asturias in the 1930s and a patron of the breeder
This cultivar of Fojo (1934) was apparently commercialized by Dot and Minier (again?) in 1963. See identical parentage in the References.