"R & L Porter" wrote in message ...
"Theo Asir" wrote in message
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Hey Laura,

I grow it w/ no die back
or damage. Really tough rose.

Really yellow too.

Thanks Theo. No die back whatsoever? I'm impressed.
It does look extremely yellow in many of the pics I've
seen. Not for the faint of heart. Might go nice with
my yellow lilies.

My next rosy purchase (and first of this year) will
be Graham Thomas. The local nursery (as in within
spitting distance of my house) is carrying it for the first
time. There are three or four more they
are carrying that caught my eye that would fill those
empty holes in my flower beds quite nicely.

I'm going to keep my eye open for Sunsprite.

Laura

I happened to see your post while looking for something else and
wanted to jump in about Sunsprite. I used to live in Buffalo, NY (Zone
5) and had a Sunsprite for 8 years. It was very vigorous and withstood
the last two winters I was there (2000 and 2001) with no problem.
Those two winters had 5 and 7 feet of snow, respectively, beginning in
November and December, and we didn't see ground until Spring both
years. No problems at all.

It is a dark yellow, gold really, and I planted a row of Stella D'Oro
daylillies near it. Both were a striking yellow with bright green
foliage. This was planted on the far side of my pool, so the strong
yellow showed up nicely from a distance. In the same bed, I planted a
Graham Thomas, which is more of a soft, butter yellow. Because it's a
much subtler color and a delicately shaped flower, I often wished that
I'd planted it where people could see it up close.