Golden Celebration vs Graham Thomas
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seil zone 6b MI
7 years agoI have both here in SE Michigan, so not too far from you. At one time my GC was a good 12 feet tall on a trellis. Two polar winters and a cane gall brought that down to about 4 feet but it's still a good sized bush. GT is a bit smaller but not by much. They are both yellow but really two different shades. GC is golden, it has a bit of a bronzy cast to it. GT is a pure yellow with no other overtones. GC has a more cupped shape with more petals whereas GT will open more fully with fewer petals. Both of them tend to have nodding blooms. They both do black spot for me. Fragrance wise I'd say GC has the stronger fragrance but they both have the famous Austin smell. I love them both really because they do have differences.
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Buford_NE_GA_7A
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Comments (12)Love your GT! Molineux, a shorter Austin, is a lovely blend of yellow/gold/apricot with sometimes a touch of peach in the center. Sometimes it is pure yellow with creamy outer petals--changing colors and a good bloomer. Here he is in a more golden apricot mood. Golden Celebration is highly praised by many--if you don't mind some blackspot problems. My The Pilgrim (climber) is fairly new, so I can't say a lot about it, but its first blooms were lovely. My camera, for some reason, intensifies the color a bit on this rose--more pastel colored in real life. Hope that helps. Kate...See MoreGraham Thomas
Comments (16)The Prince is a slow slow grower and a slow bloomer. The plant is not worth its blooms. I would only get the Prince if I could hide it somewhere where I could only see and smell the odd glorious bloom and not notice the plant the rest of the time. It also does not like full day sun since the blooms easily fry so one has to place it where it receives morning sun only. Which, of course, will make it an even stingier bloomer, unless you live in a place like England where the sun is not so much of an issue. It is a weak upright grower. Not recommended especially if you don't want to spray for fungal disease (PM in my case). Come to think of it, I wouldn't recommend it even if you cared to spray. Go for Munstead Wood instead. Its blooms are not as gloriously formal as The Prince's but at least they stand on a viable rose plant. Nik...See MoreWhat is up with Graham Thomas?
Comments (23)Ever since we bought them 5 or 6 years ago, we've had poor rebloom from our two "Graham Thomas", both were on rootstock and were healthy plants, which reached 7 feet tall. They had a fine spring flush, but very few blooms in summer and only a small flush of bloom in the fall. I took advice from someone on this site, who said to prune back very hard, after the first spring flush. In early June, after their first flush, I cut the 7' tall bushes down to 4' tall,and within 4 weeks the canes had already formed twice as many green buds, as were produced in July last year. Luxrosa...See MoreGraham Thomas or Golden Celebration, for Palm Springs.
Comments (12)Considering "But it's a dry heat" a Palm Springs David Austin rose might look great in December, January and part of February. But with temperature averages listed at March 80 April 88 May 95 June 104 July 108 August 107 September 103 October 93 November 78 Most of the year those roses are going to shut down and just try to stay alive. From personal experience, my Golden Celebration (from what I hear a better bloomer than Graham Thomas) blooms once in spring and again in the fall. It has never gotten taller than 2 feet tall BECAUSE it is in a HOT area for here, still less than the average temps in Palm Springs. You might want to ask on the Antiques forum for a scented rose that can handle the heat. But the English climate roses will probably not be as happy as you would like in the desert...See More
nanadollZ7 SWIdaho
7 years agoI love my Golden Celebration with its large golden blooms and beautiful bloom structure. I've grown GC about nine years, and it was a bit slow starting out, but then really took off and is very large (roses grow big around here). GC is never without a bloom all summer. We don't have rose fungal diseases here, and the summers are hot and dry. Diane
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Lynn-in-TX-Z8b- Austin Area/Hill Country
7 years agoMy growing conditions are very different from yours, but of the two, Golden Celebration was my choice simply because I read that upon maturity, it would be smaller of the two, and the golden color. The fragrance of G.C., at times, can be so lovely.
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