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Choosing a yellow rose

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Kokapetl · 05/05/2017 21:14

Although I know what I'm doing when it comes to vegetables I've got completely bewildered trying to find a rose bush for my garden! I'm getting really confused about tea roses and floribundas etc.

Basically, I want a yellow rose that has flowers that look like a rose, not the fluffy- looking ones that I've started seeing recently. It would need to be one that grows freestanding, not up a wall. Ideally good scent and good disease resistance.

Please, could anyone tell me what to look for at the plant nursery or even recommend a particular variety that I could order?

The garden is a start-from-scratch job as it was totally neglected and head high brambles so we have various possible sites, some sunny and some not. The soil is good, not clay, not sandy.

Thanks in advance for any help!

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ChardonnayKnickertonSmythe · 05/05/2017 21:16

Look up Dreaming Spires.

It has a lovely scent as well.

ChardonnayKnickertonSmythe · 05/05/2017 21:17

Oh hang on.

It's a climber, sorry.

Enb76 · 05/05/2017 21:31

Something like this?

www.davidaustinroses.co.uk/elina-standard-rose

pansydePotter · 05/05/2017 21:37

Graham Thomas is a good yellow, very reliable lots of flowers. Check out Peter beal roses and David austin roses. I find them very accurate with descriptions.. I think you might be looking for a tea rose

Choosing a yellow rose
Rowgtfc72 · 06/05/2017 07:04

We have the Peace rose. Yellow, with pink on the edges.
Beautiful scent too.

Mumofazoo · 06/05/2017 09:07

I have the golden wedding rose in my garden and it's absolutely stunning. It looks like a perfect rose to me and the scent is lovely.

Wh0Kn0wsWhereTheTimeGoes · 06/05/2017 09:09

We bought Golden Wedding for the ILs for their and it is lovely. I have a Peace rose, mainly for nostalgia as my GPs had them and they do smell beautiful but the colour is a bit wishy-washy.

Kokapetl · 06/05/2017 21:35

Brilliant, thank you! A tea rose.

I think the peace rose might be the one my parents had but, yes, I would prefer a stronger yellow. That Dutch gold looks perfect!

The local nursery sell Golden Wedding but it was out of stock last time we went or I probably would have bought it. With two recommendations I'll probably go back and see if it's in stock again

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