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'Lemon Meringue ™' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Sarah's North Texas Garden
ARS:
Light yellow Shrub. Registration name: WEKradler
Bloom:
Lemon-yellow. The stipitate glands of the buds bear a fragrance of sweet juniper.. Moderate, fruity, spice fragrance. 21 to 40 petals. Average diameter 4.5". Very large, very double, in small clusters bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Fragrant buds.
Habit:
Tall, climbing, spreading. Large, glossy, medium green foliage. 3 to 7 leaflets.
Height: 8'2" to 12½' (250 to 380cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for cut flower, garden, hedge, pillar or shrub. Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom. 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.
Breeder's notes:
Spicy fragrance, vigorouse and clean. Tall, near climbing.
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 17,347 on 9 Jan 2007 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 11/252,502 on 17 Oct 2005 Inventors: Radler; William J. (Greenfield, WI)
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Climbing Rose. It was discovered in the summer of 1998 in Greenfield, Wis. as a mutation naturally occurring sport of the cultivar Autumn Sunset (not patented).
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