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WANTED: Harrison's yellow rose

18 years ago

I just finished reading a book that speaks of this rose. It says that it is easy to propogate. And then I read that it could be invasive but it would go with some of my others that love to climb. I don't know what I would have to trade but if you have cuttings or a rooted one please contact me and we will see what we can trade. thanks Carolyn

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lil_bird
17 years ago
Carolyn
I will check tomorrow and see if I have a sprout .If not I will try to get you one started. Been thinking about you every day .As I walk by the peonies you sent .They are so beautiful. Will get back with you .
This is a special rose to me .My grandpa on my mom's side was named Harrison Rose. My husband mistook it for a wild rose a couple years ago .When I got home from work I cried .And he almost did . It is blooming now .If you would like to see a pic. Not been invasive at all here .But it is a bit on the thorny side .
Glenna
organic_hopper
17 years ago
Just letting you know I have a whole fenceline of Harrison's yellow roses. I know very little about gardening (or roses) and want to learn more... I was raised by my grandmother though, who grew much of our food and I helped... but I mostly did the eating part. Now I have lived here for several years, with these beautiful yummy spelling yellow roses (which come to find out are these Harrison's Yellow Roses you speak of). But we are moving this summer and I really don't want to leave them behind. We all love them. My mother, myself and my two daughters pick them every year to make potpouri, herbal sachets, essential oils, etc. but we've never had to DO anything for them, they take care of themselves.

I wouldn't mind trading some (a few starts, cuttings or whatever) for some good advice on starting some elsewhere (it's only several miles away in eastern oregon and they grow wild here, as do other roses, but I am unsure of soil type, etc.). I thought since the suckers seem to find their way around so well, maybe I could try a few of those as well as some cuttings, but I don't know where to begin.
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What a wonderful family heirloom, vincekoers45! A rose that moves and lives where ever your family relocates. Thank you so much for the story about your family's Harison's Gold. There seems to be contradictory info about the origin of Harrison's Gold. According to this site: "Fun Facts: The original plant was discovered in the garden of amateur hybridist George F. Harison in Manhattan in 1830. Suckers of it traveled west with the pioneers" Wikipedia says 1830 was when it was marketed and also indicates it was a hybridization between Rosa foetida (Persian Yellow) and Rosa pimpinellifolia (the burnet rose - haven't heard of that one before.) I didn't read the whole article but I didn't see anything about when the rose was actually "discovered;" if it wasn't marketed until 1830, could be that it was 1824. Here is a quote from the site: 'Harison's Yellow', also known as R. × harisonii, the Oregon Trail Rose or the Yellow Rose of Texas, is a rose cultivar which originated as a chance hybrid in the early 19th century. It probably is a seedling of Rosa foetida and Rosa pimpinellifolia.[2][3] The cultivar first bloomed at the suburban villa of George Folliott Harison, attorney, between 8th and 9th Avenues on 32nd Street, north of New York City. The site of Harison's villa is now just south of the present General Post Office. The nurseryman William Prince of Long Island took cuttings and marketed the rose in 1830. 'Harison's Yellow' is naturalized at abandoned house sites through the west and is found as a feral rose along the Oregon Trail. Whenever it came into being, I think it is a very desirable rose cultivar and would have it in a prominent place in my garden, if only I had the space to let it grow unchecked. :-( By the way, suckers from my Harrison's Gold continue to come up years after I removed the original plant. As I mentioned a few years back in this thread, I had to remove the rose because it was too big and rowdy for the area in which I planted it and, sadly too big and rowdy for my small yard in general. I usually let one or two of the suckers go into bloom because I love the look and smell of the flowers, but then I force myself to cut them down. Holly
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pecanmom66
17 years ago
I would also like to trade for some rootings or cuttings of Harrison's Yellow.

Email me and I will send a list of roses I have to trade.

Thank you,

Monique
becky1056_yahoo_com
17 years ago
I'm very, very interested in cuttings or rootings of Harrison's Yellow Rose, as well! I saw & read about this rose years ago but am just moved into a house where I can garden at last.

I have only a few roses, but can gladly trade cuttings from a local wild rose that my Grandmother rooted for me before she died several years ago. It's called Arredondo rose (not sure if that's a formal name) and is a petite, bushy musk-type rose that will bloom all season long if it gets lots of water with full, fragrant pink/red blossoms. Once established, you can take cuttings & root easily. Not sure how cold tolerant, as I'm in North Florida, but it does fine with our occasional freezes.

Thank you!
Becky
marken
17 years ago
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q288/Swankhammer/F2.jpg

This was our Harrison. Most beautiful rose we had. Grew about 7 feet tall and just as wide. Didn't know it was grafted...cut it back and it came up red. We can't find a replacement. It grew really well up here in Wisconsin.

If you have any left my wife and I would love another one. Don't have anything to trade but will gladly pay for one or two.

Ken
countrygirlsc, Upstate SC
17 years ago
I would love to have one of these or some cuttings.

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