Rosa Here Comes the Sun - Floribunda Rose

The Here Comes the Sun® rose lives up to its name: from late spring until the first frosts, its lemon-yellow semi-double flowers appear one after another against attractive, very healthy dark green foliage. Their colour, free from orange tones, retains its intensity over the days. This Kordes hybrid combines abundant flowering with compact growth, making it easy to incorporate into small spaces and suitable for growing in containers. Its robustness and good summer performance are particularly valuable in regions with very sunny summers.

Here Comes the Sun® is a modern cluster-flowered rose from the Rosaceae family. It was bred in Germany by W. Kordes’ Söhne and introduced in 2024 as part of the Sunflare® Roses collection, known as Kordes’ Klima-Rosen® in Germany. This collection brings together roses selected for their ability to withstand hot summers and strongly sunny aspects. This variety won first prize at the 2024 Bagatelle International Competition for New Roses, where plants are assessed over several seasons for their flowering, habit and health. This rose forms an upright, branched bush, 60 to 80 cm high and 40 to 50 cm wide. Its thorny stems bear deciduous to semi-evergreen foliage depending on the climate, composed of glossy, dark green leaflets. The growth remains dense and shows good resistance to the main diseases affecting roses, particularly black spot and powdery mildew. Flowering begins in June, as early as late May in mild regions, then repeats in flushes until October. The flowers, 6 to 7 cm in diameter, open into semi-double cups, grouped at the ends of the stems. Their lemon-yellow colour remains stable as they open and fades very little in the sun. The flowers of this variety also tolerate heat better than those of many yellow roses. Their prominent stamens attract pollinating insects. In 'Here Comes the Sun', the fragrance is present but light. Soil that retains a little moisture encourages regular repeat flowering, although once well rooted, the plant tolerates hot periods and short dry spells. It is hardy down to –23 °C in healthy soil.
This rose's name comes from the title of the famous Beatles song written by George Harrison, referring to the sunny colour of its flowers.

Here Comes the Sun® rose can be planted on its own, in groups of three or in a row in a long flowering border. Its narrow habit also makes it easy to plant in a modest-sized bed. The Rigo Innocencia rose, more spreading and covered in white flowers with golden stamens, forms a bright, long-lasting combination with it. The blue of Nepeta Purrsian Blue tones down its bright yellow, while the purplish pink spheres of Allium Millenium appear in July and August, at the heart of its summer repeat flowering. In a container, this rose needs a deep and sufficiently wide pot to prevent its compost from drying out too quickly.