Ch-Ching is a sport of "Strike It Rich." Strike It Rich has yellow flowers with some orange and pink highlights. Ch-Ching is pure yello...Read Morew. Since I had had success in growing Strike It Rich, and because I have a terrible time finding yellow roses that survive in our wretched NE Wisconsin climate (Zone 5, barely), I planted two Ch-Ching roses in 2011.
Neither of the two grew as well as Strike It Rich did. One grew well enough, but died over the winter of 2012-13. The other remained small and scrubby, but is still alive. The roses are fragrant (fruity), but are not long-lasting, and so are not all that good for cut flowers. Also, Ch-Ching proved less floriferous than I would expect for a grandiflora.
This is not the first time I have tried a sport of a rose I have grown successfully and found that the sport did not grow as well as the original. (The other time was with Full Sail, a sport of New Zealand.)
Because one of the two Ch-Chings I planted was hanging in there after three years, I rate this rose as neutral. But I would consider it a waste for me to buy another.
Ch-Ching is a sport of "Strike It Rich." Strike It Rich has yellow flowers with some orange and pink highlights. Ch-Ching is pure yello...Read More