Nightmare Yellow

TWOyel aka Dream Yellow

Hybrid Tea 1999 Jerry Twomey (shame on you)

Medium yellow - 30 petals*

(Sonia x Prominent) x Whiskey Mac

ARS rating 6.6

Description

Verdict: Pitiful! Advertising gimmick rose that lives up to none of the claims except it is a rose... kind of.

Acquired: 2000

Brand:

Bush

Growth habit :

Leaves:

Disease Resistance: None observed - worst rose we have for powdery mildew, worse than Timeless!

Hardiness: Almost croaks with protection. Wish it would. Deb won't let me trash it.

Blooms

Fragrance: Very slight

Flushes: 12 to 15

Repeat: Slow - 6 to 7 weeks

Vase life: N/A - not worth cutting and putting in bouquet - can you tell this rose is not a favorite of mine?

Silly Stuff

There was a lot of discussion about Dream Roses at the Gardenweb Rose Forum a couple years ago and most of the comments were negative. The few with good luck with them were in CA I believe. We got Dream Yellow in 2000 and I was going to see if it lived up to its advertising claims... no spraying, no winter protection, etc, no tlc at all. That was the plan.... It soon was covered with powdery mildew and Deb asked me to spray it. She felt sorry for the pitiful thing. Canes wouldn't stand and Deb put a little trellis in front of it so the alyssum wouldn't cover it. When I didn't mound soil & mulch on it that winter, Deb said "you know it won't survive". She looked so sad I went ahead and protected the pitiful thing. Nightmare Yellow almost didn't survive even with protection. Second year was pretty much a repeat of the first on the wretched thing... The third year it actually had canes that would stand without support. Deb is a garden sorceress like I've never seen before and all her spells don't help NY. We did get one decent bloom in 4 years. A couple hours later it was blown. I don't trust any nursery that sells these roses with the claims used by these people.

Dream Yellow at HelpMeFind

* as counted in our yard vs. claimed petal count