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'Above and Beyond™' rose Description
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'Above and Beyond™' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Larisa Soloveva
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
23 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
ARS:
Apricot or apricot blend Large-Flowered Climber.
Registration name: ZLEeltonStrack
Exhibition name: Above and Beyond™
Origin:
Bred by David Charles Zlesak (United States, 2000).
Introduced in United States by Bailey Nurseries in 2015 as 'Above and Beyond'.
Class:
Large-Flowered Climber, Shrub.  
Bloom:
Light apricot.  Orange buds open to 5 or more apricot semi-double to double blooms..  Mild, spice fragrance.  14 to 22 petals.  Average diameter 3.5".  Medium to large, semi-double to double, cluster-flowered, cupped-to-flat bloom form.  Prolific, spring or summer flush with scattered later bloom.  Medium, pointed, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Tall, arching, climbing, dense, spreading, upright.  Medium, semi-glossy, medium green foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 9'10" to 13'1" (300 to 400cm).  Width: 13'1" to 16'5" (400 to 500cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 3b and warmer.  Can be used for garden, hedge, landscape, pillar, shrub or specimen.  Very hardy.  very vigorous.  can be grown as a shrub.  can be trained as a climber.  flowers drop off cleanly.  suitable for a pillar.  Disease susceptibility: disease resistant, blackspot resistant.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 24,463  on  20 May 2014   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 13/573,072  on  20 Aug 2012
Inventors: Zlesak; David Charles (St. Paul, MN)
`ZLEEltonStrack` was originated by me by crossing the miniature rose `CURlem` as the female parent and an unnamed seedling selection, 1999-2, as the male parent..... Descriptions are based on observations of plants approximately seven years of age
Ploidy:
Tetraploid
Notes:
Extremely cane hardy. Top may freeze to snow line in extreme winters in zone 3b.