I planted both this year and GC has done much better. JC was planted later, so maybe that's it. But both seem to have good bloom volume.

I planted Golden Celebration in the early spring of this year. I've already added it to my "favorite" roses list. Give it time to get established, the wait is worth it, as the blooms are very shapely and nicely colored. And the fragrance is top notch ... strong, consistently present, and of the highest quality (fruity).

Randy

My climate is very different from yours. However, Jubilee Celebration did very well in this humid and extraordinarily hot and dry climate here. I do not grow GC. As far as I know GC is a big plant while JC is promised to stay in the 3-4' range. I have a small yard so I appreciate "compact" roses.

I'm with Randy. Golden Celebration is one of the few Austins we will always have room for here.
In your area, it should be spectacular (and disease-free).
Give it room to get big. It will be 5-6 ft tall in maturity (if you don't prune it too hard) and a good 5 ft wide.

Jeri

How is the repeat on this rose? It only says occasional on HMF.

I have both, 6 JCs and one GC. Put together, the 6 JCs take up about 2/3 the space of one GC. JC is a small plant, and GC is a huge plant. The flowers on both are absolutely gorgeous. Health on both is good--JC might get the edge. I get better repeat on JC, while GC has the stronger fragrance.

For us, Golden Celebration blooms very heavily in the spring, dawdles around in the summer heat, and comes on heavily again it the Fall.

Jeri

I guess I have to go with JC, since two of them will be planted in 22" pots and planced on either side of the front door. The side boarder is 4' wide and then a narrow 3' walkway. I dont have too much room for GC to spill over to the walkway.

The only question is issue of sun. That area gets sun until 1 pm. Is that enough sun for JC?

If you are doing pots then definitely JC, GC might not like the constraints. I have a JC that I got from J&P in June (bare root) and put it in a 5 gal pot until it gets a bit cooler. I placed it in dappled morning sun only. Right now it's blooming it's head off and is about 1 1/2 ft tall. Different zone of course but it doesn't get full sun but for maybe 1 hour a day.

Oh absolutely right Michelle!
Golden Celebration could not live long in a 22-in pot California. Even with daily watering, it would not do at all.

Jeri

Thank you very much for your input guys.
I really love this forum.

These are both exceptional roses. They both have some
shade tolerance, so four hours of sun might be fine. In
the book "The English Roses", Mr. Austin speaks highly
about both. He considers Golden Celebration, perhaps
his finest rose.

But if they are going in a container, yes Jubilee is the
one for you. I am so surprised that in California it is
staying so compact. Usually an Austin rose becomes
mega here. By the way that fragrance on JC is so
lemony and fresh.

This is very easy, get them both! Here is GC.
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Carla