Étoile de Lyon (Anna Olivier des Bermudes)

Étoile de Lyon is one of the very best light yellow Teas and is praised for its stunning cut flower quality. Guillot created this rose in 1878. In Bermuda this rose was found and they called it Anna Olivier des Bermudes but it was only in the nineties that it was proven this rose was in fact the old Étoile de Lyon.

Étoile de Lyon bears big, Sulphur yellow with deeper yellow center flowers. They are very double and have a moderate Tea fragrance. 

The blooms are borne solitary or in small clusters. The flowers don't have the weak neck syndrome and are held on strong branches. This makes them perfect for cut flower use. The blooms last at least five days before they drop their petals and indoors , in the vase, they last even longer. No wonder this was a very popular greenhouse rose especially bred for the cut flower industry.

Étoile de Lyon grows into a well rounded shrub of approx 150X100 cm or 6X4 feet. In the right climates she gets bigger. She has several flushes during the growing season. New growth is red or bronze. Zone 6b to 10b. Drought and heat resistance is good but during wet days the big buds may struggle to open properly.

This rose is a tough cookie but she hates one thing: Pruning! Just resist the urge to prune, she can die from it. Good for pot culture, beds and cut flower.