Gold Badge™ Bare Root Rose Bush

About Gold Badge™ Bare Root Rose Bush

Rosa ‘MEIgronuri’ — Gold Badge™
🌹 A classic Floribunda rose bred by Meilland in 1978

Gold Badge™ is a radiant garden favorite known for its cheerful golden-yellow blooms, abundant cluster flowering, and reliable performance. Its bright color, steady blooming habit, and compact, bushy form make it a beautiful choice for borders, cottage gardens, and mixed beds where long-lasting color is desired. This is a hardworking Floribunda that delivers sunshine from spring through frost.

💐 Plant & Flower Traits

• 🎨 Color: Clear lemon-yellow to golden-yellow blooms — bright, warm, and uplifting

• 🌸 Bloom Form: Cluster-flowered, full blooms with a cupped-to-flat, open display

• 📏 Bloom Size: Approximately 4″ across

• 🌺 Petal Count: Roughly 26–40 petals per bloom

• 🔁 Flowering Habit: Prolific repeat-bloomer that flowers in generous clusters throughout the season

• 🌿 Foliage: Semi-glossy, leathery dark-green leaves that highlight the vibrant blooms

🏡 Growth & Garden Habits

• 🌱 Growth Habit: Medium, bushy Floribunda with a tidy, well-branched shape

• ↕️ Height: Approximately 2–3 ft (60–90 cm)

• ↔️ Width: About 2 ft (60 cm) — compact and ideal for edging and small spaces

• ☀️ Light Requirements: Full sun for strongest color and most abundant bloom

• 🌡️ Climate Suitability: Performs best in USDA zones 6b and warmer

🛡️ Health & Performance

• 💪 Vigor: A reliable, continuous performer that stays in bloom throughout the growing season

• 🧼 Disease Behavior: Known for maintaining clean, attractive foliage with standard rose care

• 🌼 Uses: Excellent for bedding, borders, cottage gardens, mass planting, or cheerful container displays

• ✂️ Maintenance: Benefit from regular deadheading and light seasonal pruning

💛 Why Grace Rose Farm Loves It

Gold Badge™ brings pure joy into the garden. Its glowing yellow clusters shine like sunlight, and its compact growth habit makes it one of the most versatile Floribundas for landscape design. Whether used to brighten a border or line a pathway, this rose adds warmth, charm, and dependable beauty all season long.

🌿 Growing & Care Recommendations

• Planting Site: Full sun in loose, fertile, well-draining soil

• Spacing: Space plants 2–2.5 ft apart for proper airflow and shape

• Watering: Keep moist during establishment; maintain moderate watering afterward

• Pruning: Light spring pruning to shape and remove any dead or crossing canes

• Encouraging Blooms: Regular deadheading keeps clusters coming continuously