Weather, maybe?

Roses that are in that color range are so because they express pink AND yellow together. If you observe your pink OR yellow roses through the season, you'll notice how the intensity of their colors will vary -- and not necessarily varying together at the same time. In other words, your yellows may be intense while your pinks may seem faded. This is what's going on with your peachy-apricoty roses -- the yellow is either paler than usual or fading faster than usual. My 'Abraham Darby' will range from pale-edged warm pink through to a color I think of as "frosted cantaloupe". Others falling in this range of colors are similarly mutable: 'Golden Buddha' ranges from the color of orange juice to "frosted cantaloupe"; 'Tamora' ranges from ivory-buff through peach; even 'Golden Celebration' isn't always "golden" -- sometimes the pink seems absent, and it's more yellow.

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~Christopher

Thank you. I've been assuming this year that something is upping the pink or lowering the yellow. I'm wondering if there's anything I can do about it. Some of these roses are waaaay off of the colour they're supposed to be. I was wondering if it's the rose food I've been using, since it looks like all the roses are affected. But maybe it's the weather. It's been a funny spring here, with lots of cool overcast days, but now we have a roaring hot summer. I wonder if the colours will start to change in the next couple of weeks.

Agree that a lot of us are wondering about these color changes and variations.

I have the new Poulsen rose Carl Nielsen, and it's doing the exact opposite: It opens orange with a pinkish tint, but the pink eventually fades completely, leaving the rose a soft golden yellow. I'll post again in a couple of days when I'll have pictures of the rose at both ends of the spectrum - it's kind of unusual, I think.

nancylee2, maybe. I've noticed that colours change a bit with different temperatures, but it's been really extreme this year. It is much warmer all of a sudden and I am getting more yellow in the blooms. However, it's also been a long time since I repeated the rose food application, so I don't really have controlled variables here. I was wondering if anyone has ever noticed rose food affecting bloom colour. Maybe that's a dumb question.

The answer is yes, katestone, rose food will affect bloom colors. Generally more intense, saturation of color will result.

@lauriescreams, I have a couple of roses like that! Lady of Shallot and Crepuscule. Both magnificent roses.

Almost every rose in my garden tends to bloom pinker than most photos of them show - particularly the ones in that apricot/peach color family like abraham darby, carding mill, ambridge rose, etc. even my america, westerland, and tropicana flowers are more pink than salmon/coral colored. I don't think it's temperature since they all show this tendency throughout the entire season. I do have particularly acid soil though...(?)