GOLDEN APATIT – golden-yellow hybrid tea rose - McGredy
GOLDEN APATIT offers tray-grown own-root material for professional propagation where colour, form and flower quality must underpin an exclusive premium-container route. The upright, bushy habit and moderately dense foliage support clean structuring in 5–7 L production, with stable ARS/RHS-coded golden-yellow tones that fade evenly to butter-yellow without browning. As an own-root NEONATAL cutting, it provides a regenerative, long-lived base for nursery propagation beds and container grow-on, helping maintain homogeneous stands and predictable capacity, even for public- and collection-style plantings in cooler regions where reliable H7 hardiness ensures dependable performance in Scottish and northern English schemes against winter and wind exposure. Medium disease resistance with good tolerance to black spot and powdery mildew matches medium-maintenance regimes, and the development from strong roots in year one through structural shoot build-up in year two to full ornamental expression in year three aligns well with premium, exclusive-finish retail and reseller ranges. This supports thematic rose gardens and curated cultivar collections where cut flower potential, specimen use and long-term value must be secured at scale.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- Premium 5–7 L golden tea hybrid – Upright, bushy, bush-trained plants with large, double golden-yellow blooms produced on the recommended 5–7 L premium container route for exclusive, flower-quality-led ranges – retail / reseller.
- Cut & garden dual-purpose line – Solitary, large, cup-shaped flowers on firm stems positioned as a dual-purpose garden and cutting rose, supplied as structured own-root bushes from NEONATAL material – retail floristry partners / specialist resellers.
- Hardy golden collection piece – H7-hardy, bushy specimens in 7 L and step-up 40–50 L tubs forming focal points in thematic and show gardens where fragrance and colour stability are valued – public-realm suppliers / collection nurseries.
- Medium-care landscaper series – Medium-maintenance, disease-tolerant plants with reliable remontancy, released as premium containers for inclusion in professional landscaper catalogues as an exclusive golden hybrid tea option – landscape wholesalers / contractor-focused resellers.
- Own-root stock & maintenance block – NEONATAL own-root material used to build long-lived, regenerative stock and cultivar maintenance beds with predictable structure and flowering performance – nursery networks / integrator systems.
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Golden Apatit hybrid tea rose, commercial hybrid tea type, collection Hybrid tea rose; registered cultivar name not provided; ARS exhibition and former names not provided. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by Samuel Darragh McGredy IV, McGredy Roses International, New Zealand; breeding year 1998; parentage, introduction and registration years not provided by the source data. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Upright, bushy habit to 100–140 cm high and 65–95 cm spread, moderately thorny; moderately dense, slightly glossy mid-green foliage; faded blooms typically require manual deadheading to maintain appearance. |
| Flower morphology |
Large-sized, double, cup-shaped flowers with 26–39 petals, mainly solitary on stems; repeats well with a plentiful second flush, supporting sustained display and premium cutting or specimen use in production schemes. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Deep, luminous golden-yellow tones (RHS 14C outer, 12B inner); buds dark golden-yellow, opening to vivid blooms that gradually fade to light butter-yellow without browning, giving controlled, marketable colour evolution. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Fresh, fruity, tea-like fragrance of medium strength, clearly noticeable at close range; primarily ornamental, with limited pollinator relevance due to heavily double, high-centred flowers enclosing the stamens. |
| Hip characteristics |
Hip set generally limited; where present, small spherical orange-red hips (RHS 40A) of about 10–14 mm diameter may form, without significant commercial impact on propagation or finished-product planning. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Medium overall disease resistance; resistant to powdery mildew and black spot, medium against rust; hardy to approximately -21–-18 °C, RHS H7, Swedish zone 3, aligning with USDA zone 6b production conditions. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Suited to flower beds, cut-flower use and specimen planting; medium maintenance with occasional protection treatments; release as bush-trained plants with 3–5 framework canes, recommended for premium container production in 5–7 L pots. |
GOLDEN APATIT offers large, golden-yellow hybrid tea blooms, reliable H7 hardiness and own-root regeneration that support stable, predictable premium-container production; we would welcome a discussion to align on volumes and scheduling.
