I don't know about your climate/zone, but I'm determined to get that rose established. Lost the one from Pickering last year--had it planted too shady. Have a couple ordered for this fall but they haven't been able to ship yet.

The leaves have the most wonderful scent. Pickering's plants are grafted (on multiflora, I guess) which isn't the greatest choice for me. Greenmantle offers it own-root but doesn't have any now--and won't for a long time--Marissa says "it's a bear to root" & has a looong waiting list (guess who's on it).

I'd love to know of anyone else who has it now, too. And any culture tips to keep it happy. Last time I posted, several desert CA people said it was thriving in full sun there. The little bit I've had to enjoy this rose's pretty yellow flowers & attractive fine leaves with the lovely scent makes me want to work to make it happy.

I have it from Pickering and LOVE it. It's foliage wafts plenty! Gets big pretty fast too. Mine came in, let's see, December of 2011. Flowered a tiny bit quite early in 2012--January I think. Flowers were way down close to the ground. It took off as the year progressed. Didn't need much water, and sure didn't get much to eat (only a little fish emulsion). This year it bloomed like gangbusters with hundreds and hundreds of flowers all along the canes. Set copious hips, but they were apparently irresistibly delicious as the wild creatures snarfed up every last one. Plant is over 6 feet tall now, with very strong canes. Grows in a vase shape and is very graceful looking. I would get this one again from Pickering in a heartbeat.

Melissa

Thnx alot im glad i got it. Im trying to grow a fragrance garden so smell is important.

Oooo, goodie. So looking forward to it. I bet you're one of the folks who posted last time I asked. I had planted the thing in a semi-shaded area thinking it was a high desert type plant that might not thrill to the Chihauhaun climate. Killed it with kindness.

These 2 are getting thrown out into full blasting sun.

Mine came from Pickering and I love it! Very robust grower with wonderfully healthy and fragrant foliage. As in most of the early yellows I've grown, don't prune it hard or it will die back and possibly die. Just take out old branches and maybe a light trimming to even the growth but no more.

Hmmm, I have a clone which does not have much of a fragrance at all - certainly not as carrying as my briar roses....and it can be a teeny bit unhappy in East Anglias blasting North-easterlies so, in a comparison between the asian yellows, primula does not beat any of the hugonis clones (Headleyensis), nor hybrid pteracanthas such as Earldomensis. Top marks for Cantabridgiensis (pteragonis hybrid) although ecae has been as temperamental as primula and, although it is ubiquitous, xanthina var spontanea (aka Canary Bird) is still one of the most reliable early yellows.
Honestly, bman, you can hardly go wrong with any of them.....and while you are about it, for the daintiest and prettiest pale yellow, take a look at the little spinossisima, Dunwich rose - a diminutive sweetie with massive charm.
These roses are utterly beautiful and perfect harbingers of spring (primula is the first rose to flower in England) - there is nothing so lovely as seeing those pale yellow blossoms and bright green leaves reiterated with an underplanting of the common primrose, primula vulgaris (my little joke, Primula and primula).....and for fragrance, the fresh scent of primrose is subtle, nuanced and redolent of the all that is new, sparkling and hopeful about the casting off of winter gloom.