This rose is in it’s third summer in the ground. Unfortunately I didn’t keep track of the cross. However, I remember doing some Yellow Submarine x Harison’s Yellow and I’m tentatively assuming that this is the result of that cross.
What’s cool is the foliage. It is very dark green and thick and stiff. It actually rustles when you brush against it.
The petals NEVER fall off. I’m not sure if that is a good or a bad characteristic.
I had assumed it would be non-recurrent, but I now see that the new growth has buds. There is a little blackspot starting on the lower leaves.
I pollinated a couple of hips, one of which seems to be swelling more than the unpollinated hips but it’s too early to tell if any hips will take. I’m not really sure what direction to take with this rose if it turns out to be fertile. If it could be crossed with something whose petals fade in an attractive way or something really floriferous, maybe the long-lasting petal characteristic could be helpful. Or maybe somehow working with foliage characteristics.
(What’s very interesting to me is that, growing next to this rose, is a seedling that may well be the result of the exact same cross, but is opposite in almost every characteristic. It has very soft, ferny foliage (kind of spin.-like, maybe?), no disease yet, a nice shrub-like form and is non-recurrent but had a couple of small, double, bright yellow blossoms similar to those of Harison’s down toward the bottom of the plant. It seems to be the result of crossing Harison’s with something less hardy, because it died way back.)