Breeding stock only

• Buttercream China
• Ripbutter

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Bred by Robert Neil Rippetoe (United States, 2003).
Introduced in United States by Ashdown Roses Historic Archive in 2006 as 'Buttercream'.

China / Bengale.  

White and yellow.  None to mild fragrance.  17 to 25 petals.  Average diameter 2".  Medium, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, nodding or "weak neck" bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Medium buds.  

Medium, bushy, compact, mounded, spreading, well-branched.  Medium, semi-glossy, medium green foliage.  

Height: 3' (90cm).  Width: 3' (90cm).

USDA zone 7b and warmer.  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower, garden, hedge or specimen.  Disease susceptibility: blackspot resistant, susceptible to Mildew.  Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .  Can be pruned to maintain a shorter habit.  Needs little care; relatively disease-free and quite hardy.  

Often deep apricot yellow in cooler weather when it first opens, but quickly fades to pale pink or creamy white.

Blackspot resistant at Ashdown Roses in North Carolina.

Color: flowers apricot blend, light yellow upper, light yellow reverse.