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| I"ve always had one growing some where. My neighbour removed my last one not realizing it was my mine. I was just going to order another, thought I'd ask you guys for other yellow Austins worth growing. Mr. Thomas has always done very well here. It holds up well in wet weather which always seems to come right at bloom time. |
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| If you can grow GT like that, I'd get another. |
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- Posted by ratdogheads 5b NH (My Page) on Fri, Jan 3, 14 at 22:45
| Not mine, but nearby I have seen four others: Charlotte & Molineaux, both looking robust, Golden Celebration which I have to say was a bit scrawny, and the one I am really impressed with and thinking of trying for myself is the Pilgrim. Such a pretty light "cool" yellow. If you enjoy apricot, Crown Princess Margaretta is hardy here, grows tall and grand. |
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| The only time I've see The Pilgrim, the flowers were very small. I have GT, but it's in a bad spot and needs to get more sun. The color is beautiful though. |
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| Love your GT! Molineux, a shorter Austin, is a lovely blend of yellow/gold/apricot with sometimes a touch of peach in the center. Sometimes it is pure yellow with creamy outer petals--changing colors and a good bloomer. Here he is in a more golden apricot mood. Kate |
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| Kate...I just love these pictures of your yellow Austins. I had to remove Golden Celebration due to constant blackspot...and it made me very sad. This rose was so pretty in early spring then....no blooms and blackspot! I will miss that spring show! Once again...your roses are beautiful. Lesley |
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| And your yellow rose--is it GT?--is gorgeous too. lesley. : ) Kate |
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- Posted by thorn_grower Zone 5 (My Page) on Sat, Jan 4, 14 at 18:52
| They all look very tempting, blackspot is a big problem here. I'm between three of the great lakes in the thames valley very humid in the summer. GT gets a bit of bs but not serious enough to pull him out. I love the look of Molineux..Is it prone to a lot of bs. I've just removed a tree this past fall and have a nice new bed I can play with. |
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| Graham is pretty good here too. I also have Golden Celebration which is beautiful but I think more spot prone for me than GT. GC is also a much deeper color than that lovely clear yellow of GT. Here's my Graham Thomas. |
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- Posted by thorn_grower Zone 5 (My Page) on Sun, Jan 5, 14 at 1:50
| Thats a beauty seil, your color is deeper than mine. But I guess it doesn't matter the neighbor planted a burning bush in its place...Dublin the blue and white flowers you planted with it are very nice. A great combo, what are they.. Thanks for taking the time to respond everyone..Happy New Year.. |
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| thorn_grower--Molineux is usually above average in disease-resistance, but has been known to have some minor outbreaks sometimes between blooming cycles. In other words, not a disease-magnet but not exceptionally healthy either. But then, most roses don't meet that "exceptional" criterion anyway, do they! : ) Kate |
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| I have never grown the Austin rose Charlotte myself, but I have heard it described as a somewhat smaller plant closely resembling Graham Thomas. This could be useful if you are in an area where you'd like a smaller plant. Here on the west coast GT gets huge, but possibly this is not an issue in zone 5. I do not know the disease resistance of Charlotte one way or the other. Rosefolly |
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| thorn-grower--I missed your other questions, but let me answer them now. The blue and white flowers growing with Molineux? Have fun playing with your nice new bed! Kate |
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