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'Helen Hayes' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Cliff's High Desert Garden Archival Dec, 2011 last updated 101812
HMF Ratings:
30 favorite votes.
Average rating:
GOOD+.
ARS:
Yellow blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Helen Hayes
Class:
Hybrid Tea. (Series: Sub-Zero Series)
Bloom:
Golden-yellow, orange shading. Yellow ochre with Nasturium Orange and Indian Yellow slowly softening as it ages. Moderate, apple, tea rose fragrance. 35 to 50 petals. Average diameter 4.5". Large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, high-centered, open bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Medium, leafy sepals, long sepals, pointed buds.
Habit:
Short, compact, few or no prickles/thorns, upright. Medium, semi-glossy, dark green foliage. 3 to 7 leaflets.
Height: 3' to 4½' (90 to 135cm). Width: 2' to 4' (60 to 120cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 4b through 10b. Disease susceptibility: susceptible to Mildew. 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.
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 1,509 on 4 Sep 1956 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 524,315 on 25 Jul 1955 Josephine D. Brownell, Little Compton, R. I.
It came into being as a seedling of the following varieties, the pollen parent was ‘Sutter’s Gold’ Plant Patent No. 885 and the seed parent was an unnamed seedling descendant from Rosa Wichuraiana, discovered by me and by my assistants and co-worker, on the 25th day of July, 1950, growing in my field at Little Compton, Rhode Island.
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