Goldfinch rose
Rosa 'Goldfinch'
USDA zones6 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
Sizeup to 10 feet tallup to 4 feet wide
- Habit
- Upright
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- Medium yellow
- Foliage color
- Dark green
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Goldfinch' rose (Rosa 'Goldfinch') is a shrub for borders, cottage gardens, specimen planting, and cut flowers. It is hardy to USDA zone 6, or down to -10°F (-23°C). This plant likes full or part sun and loamy or clay soil. Medium yellow blooms are fragrant and open in spring and again in summer. Butterflies and bees visit the flowers. G. Peter Ilsink bred it in 1994.
Pairs well with Jackmanii clematis, Fountain grass, and June hosta.