echoes's Journal: Shrub Rose Butterball Rosa Skinner, hybrid spinosissima var. altaica, once blooming back of garden, beside Dbl Carlos Red

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Member: echoes
Journal: My Gardens, My Plants
Category: 5 Roses
Status: planted

Initial Notes:

Shiela Holmes 12.50

Commercially available
ARS:
Light yellow Shrub. Registration name: Butterball.
Origin:
Bred by Dr. Frank Leith Skinner (1950) Canada.
Class:
Shrub.
Bloom:
Light yellow. Single (4-8 petals) bloom form. Once-blooming spring or summer.
Habit:
Height of 6' (185 cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 2b through 8b . Very hardy.
Ploidy:
Triploid
Parentage:
Hybrid of R. spinosissima var. altaica
Notes:
Grown in Alaska. The ploidy information was supplied by David Zlesak in March 2008, as reported on the Rose Hybridizers Forum.

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