Other Names:  Old Timer, Coppertone

Group/Class:  Hybrid Tea Rose

Description:

With its prophetic name, this is indeed an old favorite, and one of the best roses if you enjoy various hues of orange and yellow in your flowers; all roses need full sun and well-drained soil

Ornamental Features

Oldtimer Rose is clothed in stunning lightly-scented harvest gold flowers with coppery-bronze overtones at the ends of the branches from early summer to early fall, which emerge from distinctive orange flower buds. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has attractive dark green deciduous foliage which emerges brick red in spring. The oval compound leaves are highly ornamental and turn yellow in fall.

Landscape Attributes

Oldtimer Rose is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

This is a high maintenance shrub that will require regular care and upkeep, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

• Disease
• Spiny

Oldtimer Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Mass Planting
• Hedges/Screening
• General Garden Use

Planting & Growing

Oldtimer Rose will grow to be about 4 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 feet. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years.

This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.