Day Breaker™

This rose's location in the garden is N 2.
  • Classification:  Floribunda
  • Flower Color:   apricot blend
  • Flower Size:  3-4 inches
  • Flower Form:  full, borne singly and in small clusters
  • Petal Count:  30-35
  • Fragrance: strong tea
  • Repeat Bloomer:  yes
  • Foliage:  medium, dark green, glossy
  • Plant Height:  3-5 feet
  • Plant Width:   2-3 feet
  • Growth Habit:  medium, bushy
  • Disease Resistant:  yes
  • Hybridizer:  Gareth Fryer (UK)
  • Registered:  2003
  • Parentage:  ‘Silver Jubilee’ x (‘Pensioners Voice’ x ‘Cheshire Life’)
  • ARS* Rating  8.0 (a solid to very good rose)
    *American Rose Society Rating

Awards:
  • 2004  AARS (All-America Rose Selections) award
 
Notes:
  • “Fryer’s Roses, based in Knutsford, Cheshire, UK, is a family firm established by Arthur Fryer in 1912. The business bred several new roses in the 1950s, but it was Gareth who undertook a serious rose breeding program…achieving notable international successes, including the All-America Selections… ‘Day Breaker’ the award-winning pink and gold tea rose in 2004.” ---  (Wikipedia), “List of Rose Breeders,” retrieved February 2021.