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Yellow Fragrant Short Climber Disease Resistant

11 years ago

Wow, this must be hard to find. I am looking at Golden Celebration, Teasing Georgia and Lady Pamela Carol. Does anyone have any opinions on these 3? Any others to consider? Thanks so much!

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wirosarian_z4b_WI
11 years ago
Check out Tahitian Moon, one of the Bailey's Easy Elegance roses that have been bred for better disease resistance. Grows about 6-7' tall for me in z4, may be taller in your zone.

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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23
11 years ago
I'm pleased with 'Lunar Mist', the yellow sport of 'Colette'. I have no idea how it would do for your climate. michaelg in NC said (as I remember) it did not repeat much for him, but mine blooms really well.
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dublinbay z6 (KS)
11 years ago
Lovely pic, hoovb. What is the red rose?

I planted Austin's The Pilgrim last year. Still too soon to say a lot about it, but it seems to be doing fine. It was advertised as disease-resistant and about 6-10 ft tall.

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jerijen
11 years ago
I don't know what your situation is, with regard to blackspot, but Golden Celebration is occasionally hit by it here in SoCal -- where it is a rare problem.

It's not a big deal for me, because it's transitory, but I might hesitate to grow it where blackspot pressure is high.

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11 years ago
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catsrose
11 years ago
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treehugger101
Original Author
11 years ago
Thanks for the good advice and pics. I wound up getting Charlotte before I saw the replies. It did not alert me though I thought I had set this forum up right. Charlotte is a bit too short at 4' but hopefully it will look alright. I am in south central PA now. I guess black spot is an issue here? I plan to spray weekly? with Bayer Disease Control in any case. Tahitian Moon is gorgeous. Is it fragrant? Lunar Mist is lovely too though a bit too pastel for the area I need. I love the pastels (English are my favs) but with a huge open space, they get lost. I have learned to get a lot of punch or no one sees the bloom.
wirosarian_z4b_WI
11 years ago
Tahitian Moon has little or no fragrance to my nose but I don't have the best nose. I also forgot to say that I have BS in my area so I have to spray. I mix up enough spray to cover my susceptible roses (HT's , HP's, etc) & if there is any left, I empty the sprayer on my resistant roses so sometimes they get a little spray & sometimes nothing. I've never had a problem with BS on Tahitian Moon with this "sometimes getting sprayed" program. Also T.M. holds its yellow color quite well. In my opinion, I think that the Easy Elegance roses are superior to the Knock series of roses.
the_morden_man
11 years ago
You didn't define what you mean by short...but some very disease resistant yellow climbers with fragrance to consider are:

Golden Gate
Leverkusen
Teasing Georgia- more apricot yellow
Roberta Bondar
Lichtkonigin Lucia
Goldstern

I've never grown Tahitian Moon, but it sure does look pretty.
treehugger101
Original Author
11 years ago
I was looking for a rose to be full and reach 6 - 7' and very fragrant, disease resistant, continuous blooms, etc. I heard some things about Teasing Georgia that it drops blooms after 24 hours. I will check out the others TheMordenMan. Thanks. And I am going today to see if Home Depot has the Easy Elegance in yet. I live in very rural PA so no nurseries close by but HD might have them. I think it would be nice if the rose powers that be just developed perfect roses in every color. Then we would just have to deal with our individual climates and soils to test us. Don't you think? : )
the_morden_man
11 years ago
Continuous bloom is a bit of a misnomer when it comes to roses. They typically bloom in flushes and some repeat faster than others and the maturity of the rose usually plays a part as well.

Based on your height requirements and other wish list, I'd really take a look at getting Roberta Bondar. It is not intensely fragrant, but does have a good fragrance to it. The blooms are a very large clear yellow that hold well in the heat. Disease resistance is above average as well and it will stay in the 6-8' range you are looking for.

The best of the lot is probably Golden Gate, but it wants to be bigger than 6-7' tall and will require some regular pruning once it is mature to keep it that size. Normally a 8 to 12" climber.

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