My fishing buddies claim I grow far too many "girlie" pink roses. I actually grow many roses that are not girlie pink - but since I only have very small garden areas, and I can not stand to watch colours clashing in my garden - I only grow a few yellow roses - most of them in my vegetable garden, that I turned into a cutting garden, where I grow roses and other flowers for cutting. Yes the rose obsession got a bit out of control over the years - but who says we always have to be in control and never allow ourselves to be passionate about anything?
Today I just want to show some pictures of some of my wonderful golden Roses:
The picture on top is The pilgrim. Austin Rose - here glowing in the evening sun. I am trying to make it climb, but so far it is going nowhere, but the Viticella clematis is! The Pilgrim has a sweet honey fragrance, unlike any other rose I know of - so unbelievable sweet!
Golden Celebration. Austin Rose, Best yellow rose in the world?
Lady Hillingdon Climbing: A climbing Antique tea rose - grown in a sheltered position she keeps her golden yellow colour and does not fade like she does in a sunnier position - one hard winter here and she freezes to the ground:
Pat Austin. Austin rose, named after David Austin´s wife, who passed away recently:
Lady Emma Hamilton. Austin Rose - Named after Lord Nelsons mistress:
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8 comments:
I've always loved the golden roses even more than the pink ones. Don't know why I'm so drawn to them, but they're pretty irresistable to me. Thanks for sharing those gorgeous photos. If I had to pick a favourite I think it would be Pilgrim.
I have always loved golden roses too! I have Pat Austin and I just adore it.
I used to claim yellow roses were my favorites, but after seeing all the beauties in your garden, I'm undecided. :) How impossible would it be to pick just one rose as your favorite when they are all so spectacular?
I've always wanted a cutting garden. I see it in my imagination. It has a picket fence around it.
Donna
I used to think I didn't like yellow flowers at all - not even roses. But I've found that I like some yellow in between all my pink and purple roses - especially those that are yellow with a touch of pink or red. So I wouldn't mind having the last rose on your post today - looks like a real beauty!
/Katarina
I used to really hate yellow in the garden, but along with other colours, I am beginning to love them too. I have The Pilgrim, Pat Austin(this one is sensational) and Lady Emma Hamilton already( bought this at HCPFC). Others you might like are Teasing Georgia, perhaps Graham Thomas? Both Austin Roses too and do really well for me. I also have the sport of Lady Hillingdon, Lady Sylvia climbing, which is a pink flushed yellow. Theres a photo of it on my blog back in June, the fragrance is stunning.
Thanks for the golden roses; my personal favorites. Pat Austin is quite popular and I fell for it, too. Problem with them, is that they are sooooooo heavy that they droop, lessening the visual experience. If Golden Celebration is the best... wouldn´t know about that yet, as my gardener didn´t have any this year. But I´ll still make a plug for FRIESIA; in my opinion a healthy plant with an exhilarating, yellow color that doesn´t fade. And the scent is present all day long.
I wish I could create a border with yellow and golden roses - they really are beautiful like many of you commented.
Amy : you can grow Harrisons Yellow.
Donna: It is such a luxury to havea cutting garden - with rows of all the roses, annuals and perennials that are great for cutting but takes up too much room in my garden.
Many really like Pat Austin - it is an extrodaninary rose but does not do well here in Denmark - becomes nothing like some of the gorgeus specimens I have seen in American Garden from Zone 7 and Up.
Katerina - by using peach or abricot roses it is possible to mix yellow roses since they make the transition necessary.
Zoë: I sure grow Graham Stuart And Teasing Georgia - TG is huge here - well was last year but was one of the rose that really got zapped by the hard late april frost we got and had to be repruned to a much smaller size this year.
I have never heard of Lady Sylvia climbing - sounds interesting and a nice challenge in this cold climate - some winters it can get down below -25C for a week. That is death for tea roses.
Amy K. S.: I totally agree on Friesa, beeing one of the best yellow floribuda roses ever. It has a cool yellow colour, and is very fragrant - one of the most fragrant floribunda at all. Looks smashing on a carpet of purple thyme groundcover!
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