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ORIGINATOR: Lloyd Austin
INTRODUCED: 1956
CLASS: Arilbred
HEIGHT: 40"
BLOOM SEASON: Mid to Late
DESCRIPTION: S. deep yellow; F. bright yellow washed reddish orange.
PARENTAGE: Eupogocyclus hybrid X tall bearded (names lost in fire)
AWARDS: None
INTERESTING INFO: From the 1960 Austin's Rainbow Hybridizing Gardens Catalog: Its coloring and profusion of bloom remind one of a tall hedge of Gold or Ophir roses, so loaded with rich golden flowers that hardly a leaf shows. It gives a wonderful mass of color in a short time. In two years each rhizome will yield a clump of 8 to 12 tall flower stalks with about 60 flowers and buds. I know of no other oncobred that can compete with this record. Individual flowers are not large, but so plentiful, so colorful, everyone stands in admiration. Standards very deep yellow, falls bright yellow, heavily washed with reddish-orange. The Gold of Ophir is invoked nine times in the Old Testament as a symbol of prosperity and magnificence, as well as the source for shiploads of tributes for King Solomon. Biblical scholars have long disagreed on its whereabouts, but most now favor Somalia, on the eastern coast of Africa.  |