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Light yellow Floribunda.
Registration name: Moonsprite
Exhibition name: Moonsprite

Bred by Herbert C. Swim (United States, before 1955).
Introduced in United States by Armstrong Nursery in 1956 as 'Moonsprite'.

Floribunda.  

Cream, golden-yellow center.  Strong, tea fragrance.  60 to 100 petals.  Average diameter 3".  Medium, very full (41+ petals), in small clusters, cupped, globular, rosette bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Medium, leafy sepals, ovoid buds.  

Short, bushy, spreading, well-branched.  Medium, semi-glossy, dark green, leathery foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  

USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden.  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.  

United States - Patent No: PP 1,450  on  17 Jan 1956   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 492,817  on  7 Mar 1955