J&P has sold out of this variety, but for the curious, they do have pictures. Brilliant, glowing color in the opening stages. I am personally not a big fan of yellow roses which fade to pink, as this one seems to do in some of the pix here @ HMF.
Not what you wanna hear for a member of the "Sunbelt" collection. I was hoping to hear it was far superior to Kordes' Firebird, but this one has no awards nor commendations beyond the marketing material, unlike Firebird.
It has proven to be better than Firebird here, especially in petal count, initial color phases, and plant habit/size. Health seems to be good in the PNW, as well.
However, the final color is similar, and the form tends to lay flat after a day or so.
Fiesta Veranda is not a heavy bloomer and the blooms fade badly and stay that way for eternity, but the plant is very nice and the plant shape is ideal for the class.
Despite their faults and low petal count, I still prefer Playboy and Sunset Horizon. They're workhorses here in the landscape. I have yet to try out En Fuego, although it appears to be more like Garden Delight in color, so not a dramatic color shifting rose.
Garden Delight is a very good rose, but its not really a color changer like the above roses.
There is still a way to go for this niche of the rose world.
Star markets as a rose that performs especially well in dry climates. I'm not sure if I should interpret as bs-prone or drought-tolerant. I am in a climate that suffers both, ironically.
