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Solitaire :

Hybrid Tea, Yellow-pink blend, yellow reverse
Flowers: Double Cupped, Large, 25 Petals , Slight fragrance
Blooms are similar to Peace.
Height: 5 feet, Habit: Bushy Foliage: Medium Semi-Glossy Dark Gr.
Introduced: New Zealand: S. McGready: Sealand 1987
Parentage: Freude x Benson & Hedges Gold
ARS Colour: yb Yellow Blend , ARS rating 96: 7.2
Also known as: MACyefre, Chartreuse.
Note: ARS Modern Roses 10 lists a different Floribunda Solitaire from Cants of Colchester

 

Photo (c) 1997 Janice Lee Used by permission
Comments:
These blooms are large and similar to Peace (which is not related) although the colours are a little more intense. Classic Hybrid Tea form

 
Solitaire at the 1999 Peninsular Rose Show - Digital photo © 1999 Trevor Inkpen Used by Permission

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