Gold Medal Rose is a long-season reblooming deciduous shrub with an upright habit and dark green foliage that emerges with a red tint.  The mild fruit scented double roses are gold with pink flushed edging and bloom in flushes from late spring until frost.  Best grown in full sun and rich, moist, slightly acidic well-drained soils.  Gold Medal has good disease resistance.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Medium Maintenance. Roses are susceptible to powdery mildew, black spot, rust, and rose rosette and require regular fungicide in humid areas that experience a lot of rainfall.  Pest issues include aphids, borers, scale, mites thrips, midges, and leafhoppers.
LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Wildlife Garden, Foundation Plantings, Trellises, Walls, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS:  Catmint, Lilac, Coneflower

IMAGES: Starr Roses and Plants, Gold Metal, (2) Photo by David J. Stang, Rosa Aroyqueli 3zz, CC BY-SA 4.0

* As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.