She is a fantastic rose. I have 3 planted in a group and they were covered in blooms this spring. Give her time and I think you'll be very pleased.

Just wait. It will get huge.

Maybe it's the temperature. I planted a small nursery potted one in mid May. I'm in zone 5b Canada, we've had fluxing temperatures ranging between 60 to 95 F during the past month. Mine has grown another 6-12 inches, very thin canes too, droopy flowers. But I've had about 10-15 blooms so far. They are lovely!

It has a habit like a climber, and as others have noted, may take a couple of years to take off. Be patient, it looks fine.

Thanks for the photos halloblondie. It must be the heat keeping it from flowering/growing right now. It's been horribly hot & humid here the past week or so. I'll continue to be patient.

diane_nj, yes I bought it to grow as a climber. Can't wait for the day it's covering the trellis. :)

Yes she gets really big for me with long octopus canes give her time.. The flowers are beautiful and fragrant.

Teasing Georgia against the shed

And, here's a little update! Iv'e got buds :) :)

This is actually the second bud. I missed the first one all together :(. Didn't notice the first one until the petals had already dropped off.

Heres how much it's grown since last post.

I need to tie up more limbs. What do y'all use? I don't like the look of the green flower tape.

Just wait, it will take over that spot.

Unless you want to treat her like a climber, I'd just let her go. Like many good shrub roses her canes with grow and arch, new ones will come from the center - this process will continue to repeat itself. She does get large but IMO a great bushy habit once established.

Beautiful growth. What's your objection to green florist's tape? I use that and old panytyhose, but that would probably be worse! :) Actually, it doesn't really matter what I use as the rose covers it in time. I've also been successful just sticking the canes through the support, but that's on new plants.

The green tape I have isn't florist tape but strong tape made for tying up flowers that need it like roses. It works but I don't like how it is so visible. I might try cut up pant hose with eye or cup hooks. Might be less visible. Twine might look better but break down quicker .

I have found panty hose to be the best as it expands to accommodate the growing girth and any wind. You can cut it in strips and it's nearly invisible (if you don't use the toes! :) ) someone recently posted that you can get knee-highs cheap at Walmart check-out, 50cents for a pack of 5 knee-highs. I think cup hooks might work, although I don't know anything about the cane size/weight of TG. Please, keep posting updates!

Squeee :)

The flower is small but they'll be bigger next season, right?

I live in a much colder zone than you and my TG is the most vigorous in my garden of all my roses. It is only in its second year and the plant is growing more quickly than my New Dawn whom i have grown besides it. I may regret that later as they will both dominate that spot of my backyard. I don't really mind though as I hope to let it do its thing and to shield those neighbour I don't like..haha. Surprisingly, my Evelyn whom I grew besides TG is also growing quite huge. I am beginning to wonder if it is that particular spot that seems to be spurting giant growths.....

My second year TG does have bigger flowers than yours but mine is much more paler yellow than yours. Mine doesn't have that gorgeous apricot colour, at least not that intense.

jjpeace, I am kind of surprised at the color myself! I was expecting a a lot more yellow.

And, can I just say: Holy Moly at the thorns on TG! I'll need to suit up in body armor to keep it shaped and deadheaded...LOL

Yup, imagine having two roses grown next to each other known for its thorns, New Dawn and TG. But luckily for me, I have winter seasons, so mine would not be humongous growth, well that is the plan anyways..lol

It does have more of a golden tone than some other Austens such as Happy Child or The Pilgrim. The color will "mature" with age, though. I cannot seem to find the photo of its first bloom but it was more apricot than yellow. Here is a bloom from this year.

Beautiful pic, Dave. Thanks!

I am in a warmer climate than you and my TG is about 12 feet tall. I do have to cut it back to keep it on it's little pergola each year. It does not mind full sun all day and high temperatures.

Daisy

♥♥♥ LOVE your garden Daisy!♥♥♥

Thank you for sharing!

I'm editing to ask a question: How far away are your roses planted from their supports? I just want to make sure mine isn't too far away (or too close). Mine is about 2 feet way from the post.

I use twist tie that is sold on a spool and tulle ribbon that is probably cheaper and prettier than buying panty hose.

I have read planting 1.5 to 2 ft from a wall or fence for better air circulation but I don't always have that much space. My Buff Beauty is like 6 in from a fence and still does not get blackspot.

Just took this pic...it's a creamsicle orange color. Didn't expect the flower to be full flayed open.

Carolina girl your teasing Georgia is amazing. I am extremely happy to see you update. I have one that is going to be 3 years old and it has not grown as much as I expected. She is loaded with buds for the first time this year, but I was getting concerned. This one is one of the healthiest Austin’s in my garden and I am really expecting great things ( I want her to get big)

Thanks, @dianela7analabama!

I have been really bad at keeping my roses trimmed and sprayed and fertilized since my mom died in 2018.

the pandemic didn’t spark any will to do anything either. I’ve just been in a rut these past couple of years yard wise. But I’m getting back into it this year. Things can only go up from here!

I’ll be sending growing vibes your way 😊

Your TG is so vibrant and beautiful. Sorry for the loss of your mother.

Carolina girl I am terrible sorry about your mom, and I am very glad you are feeling better. Things WILL get better and your rose is looking like it agrees with that. looking forward to seeing more of that beautiful monster rose.

Carolina girl, your TG is fabulous!

Beautiful! I don’t like yellow in my garden, but I love the look of Teasing Georgia And really want one. Besides, it’s not really yellow is it?!

Absolutely NOM! Not yellow at all or at least not an obnoxious yellow which is actually a very happy color, but does not blend in all circumstances. It is strange how I do love yellow in the garden, but just don't have very much of it. Anyway I love Teasing Georgia and cannot wait for mine to bloom this year. I hope to see something, although it is still just a youngun'. DianEla, I think we need some pictures of your ratty looking to Teasing Georgia! LOL! Carolina girl, I'm so happy you came back to update this post and it was so interesting to read all of the comments including my own. Your rose is just a thing of beauty. But I mainly wanted to Share my heartfelt condolences with you about your mom. It's a loss that's hard to get over If 1 ever gets over it truly. I'm happy you have your roses To give you comfort. I'm also wondering if you have any pictures of the structure your rose is growing over. I'm helping a friend with the garden gate and I really think what you have there might work for his situation or similar. It is hard to see from your pictures. Don't sweat it if you can't manage it.

Vapor I think mine is looking much better this year (long wait). I guess I am not used to roses taking 3 plus years to get To 4 feet tall, specially after seeing all the gorgeous monster TG. I actually fell so in love with the pictures I have seen here that I planted 3 at the lake place before seeing any good results with my original plant (lots of faith here lol). I will definitely post a picture in a few days when mine blooms. I cant wait to see yours! Has she been healthy in your garden? This one has been great here no spray which really makes me happy.

Mine is too tiny to make a judgment on, but so far so good. She made it through the winter and that's the main thing. Smiley face. She seems to be quite healthy Although not as healthy as autumn sunset! I think that 1 is gonna be a stellar rose. I have 1Of each

@Vaporvac Z6-OhioRiverValley the posts are 8x8 (4) with 1x6 or 8 wood on top (front and back). I think the wood on top is 1x4.

the 8x8 posts are very sturdy but you’ll need a couple of burly men to sink those in the ground.

here a pic from the other side

we had rain yesterday and the fence is still wet.

edited: I think we spaced the posts about 4 ft apart each way.

Thanks so much for the visual! It's interesting you were able to grow it up and over without any side panel. My friend just put up side panels on the one we're doing but I think I need to take some of the Cross posts out. He just used the fencing material so I think it's too much. We thought about just using the gothic fencing which is only in this area but decided to use the other trellising wood. He just sent me a picture but we haven't painted the trellising yet.

It's going to take a picture from the other side. We're trying to block out his neighbor! That's Sally Holmes growing up the inner side of the fence and there's lemon Zen on the other side. We decided that is too small as it got significant dieback this winter which was unexpected. We will move it forward and plant perennial blue as the climber.

Pictures like yours are why I got 2.

I'm like dianela I guess, going on a lot of faith, but it's paying off with only about 14 months in the ground for both.

@Vaporvac Z6-OhioRiverValley

i had the idea that I would need to have more support between the posts but we never put anything up. So I put large eye bolt hooks at varying places, and then tied canes to that front right post. Then I just wove the canes up and through the top. Eventually it filled out on top all by itself.

I need to whack off the part that’s flowing over in front.

@Vaporvac Z6-OhioRiverValley

what a cute fence To have roses growing in. I’d love to have one like that. I think the end result will be beautiful.

@jc_7a_MiddleTN

everyone td me to have patience. I thought the day would never come that TG was covered in blooms and the size of a small car.

I don’t know what’s around your rose but I’m picturing a section of fence painted white with TG propped into it. 😊

Thank thank you Carolina girl. Now I just need to decide on the top portion my friend calls me everyday to ask have I decided how I want to do that. He calls me his designer! LOL! I am pleased with this little side gate as this is using the old Gothic fencing that's well over 70 years old from my house. Lots of it brought it and I couldn't use it for anything at my house so he took it in his recycling it there. It just makes me so happy to see it in use. I especially like the closing mechanism that I saw on a neighbor's gate and copied. I just can't decide if I want something that's full Arch, a slight Arch or something coming up to a peak as I originally planned for the overhead section. I'm just not sure if they're too many Peaks happening. LOL! I always wanted a walkthrough gate and since I don't have one at my house I might as well have one that I can visit. JC, those roses look fantastic. I can't believe how much they have grown. I planted a teasing Georgia and my friends Garden my garden last year so looking forward to growth like yours! I might plant in other climber on the backside of this Rose to mingle with the perennial blue. I'm hoping I have one called Golden Olymp which would look very lovely I think together.

I have seen some really really great photos of perennial blue-I think that is supposed to be the "bluest" of the purple ramblers if I remember my research correctly.

That would be an incredible combination!

I think it actually tends more towards rosiness but I have it coming and no where else to put it! I'm hoping everyone can relate to that. :-) it will look fabulous in the spot and once I see if my cutting is actually golden olym I'll put it there because I have nowhere else to put it. :-) a rambler that is more blue is purple Skyliner. I also ordered that for my friends fence to climb up one of the supporting posts on to the metal swags. He saw a video at the David Austin Gardens and fell in love with that look so that's what we did. It's sort of a purple / lavender, yellow, apricot, white, blush, various shades of pink combo. Did I forget any colors there?😂Lol!

Here is my 3 year old Teasing Georgia this year. I am absolutely in love with the blooms and I am glad I waited for this beauty to start doing its thing. I thought after 3 years I would have a huge monster that would cover this entire area but maybe this will be the year she really puts on some size.

Beautiful! Look out...she’s gonna be a show stopper 😊

You’re not even that far away! neither of mine have bloomed yet but both are setting tons of buds.

yours is what I’m hoping mine will be!

My little baby is also setting buds! I can't wait.😊

Thank you Carolina girl, I can’t wait for mine to look remotely like yours.

jc I bet yours will be blooming soon, mine are a week early this year.

vapor you are going to love the perfect blooms and the scent. Mine actually didn’t have any scent I could detect until this year but you may have a better nose. The scent is fresh and beautiful to me.

dianela you spoke the magic words

First bloom today

Beautiful jc! This one is a winner.