Sunny Knockout Rose, Day 2

What a difference a sunny day makes! The rose opened more fully, and the petals have turned cream with a yellow center. By tomorrow, I expect that the entire rose will be cream-colored.

For its location, and the dark green leaves on the bush, this is perfect. The scent is still very intense and very sweet, and I had to brush a few pollinators away to take the photograph.

Sunny Knockout Rose

I added two Sunny Knockout (Rosa "Radsunny") roses to the garden this year. So far, both are doing very well, even the wet and cloudy weather we've had.

The first one bloomed today. The yellow rose will fade to cream with yellow, and eventually cream, making a nice contrast with the newly-blooming yellow roses. The scent is fairly intense and very sweet with a note of spice.

As always, click the thumbnail to embiggen it.