These recipes and info might help. Liquorice Candy 1 cup molasses 1 teaspoon powdered liquorice root (or to taste) 1 teaspoon powdered anise root (or to taste) flour icing sugar Warm the molasses and add liquorice and anise powder. Mix in enough flour to make a workable dough. Roll mixture into small tubes, cut into desired lengths. Roll in icing sugar if desired. The mixture will harden when cool. This is a delicious treat which is mildly laxative and alleviates symptoms of colds and flu. Liquorice 3.125kg gum arabic 5g white sugar 750g liquorice syrup 315g corn syrup 10 cups water black colouring Soak the gum arabic in hot water overnight, allowing 500g to 1 litre of water. Skim, then strain through a fine sieve. Boil the sugar, corn syrup and water together to sweet thermometer temperature of 250C. Add liquorice syrup and black colouring. Cook again to 255C. Add gum. Cast in starch moulds in a hot room for about 48 hours. Take out when mixture is stiff, then cool. Remove from starch moulds. [5g =1 teaspoon;1kg=2lb; 125g=4oz; 315g=10oz; 750g=1 1/2lb) Liquorice Syrup: Fill a saucepan with pieces of dried liquorice root; cover the root with water and simmer for 3-4 hours; strain and discard the root. Add 2 tablespoons of honey or brown sugar for each cup of liquid, return to the boil, stirring. Bottle. Note: Using a starch tray that is at least 30cm square and 76cm deep, fill with very dry sifted cornflour (cornstarch). Make impressions in the surface with plaster of paris moulds glued on strips of wood that are a little larger than the tray. Pour liquid mixture into the impressions with a funnel, or use a spoon. When liquid mixture is set, the liquorice is removed and the cornflour brushed off. Liquorice pieces can be dipped in melted chocolate if desired. Harvest the main tap root and/or horizontal rhizomes once the plant is 3-5 years old. When dried, they resemble dried wood, hard and fibrous, with a brown skin and a yellow interior. It can be powdered. It will keep indefinitely in an airtight container. Roots can be pulped, then boiled, and the liquorice is then concentrated by evaporation. Warning: Liquorice should not be used by those suffering from high blood pressure (it raises the BP quite a lot!), diabetes, glaucoma, heart disease or a history of stroke, kidney disease, or by those who are obese. Best avoided when pregnant. May cause water retention and loss of potassium. Do not use for more than 4 weeks consecutively. Professional supervision is recommended.

I can only comment on Molineux. It changes color a lot--anything from light creamy yellow with light golden-apricot center to a richer golden-yellow with pronounced apricot centers -- even mostly apricot occasionally, sometimes with an almost pinkish hue to it (but that is unusual). Most often I think of Molineux having about the shade of the following picture--or perhaps a bit lighter. The lighter shades prevail when it gets really, really hot outside, but it never has a "faded" look. Molineux--typical bloom. Here you can see it more as a bush--about 3.5 x 2--not very wide, which is why I planted 3 together to create the illusion of one big fat shrub. If you look closely, you can kinda tell where the one on the left ends (I didn't get it quite close enough--but usually that isn't noticeable). Molineux whole bush (3 plants in one) Molineux is quite floriferous--good rebloom, even in hot weather as a whole, though when our temps stay over 100 for weeks on end, Molineux (like all my other roses) will semi-shut down until some cooler weather approaches. It is fairly good on disease-resistance (meaning blackspot)--it has some minor attacks periodically, but nothing major or unmanageable. I do spray it a couple times in the spring and a couple times in the fall. Rest of the time, it takes care of itself. About partial shade, I don't know. Mine gets quite a bit of sun. I would worry that it might have more BS problems if it is in partial shade, but I really don't know. Molineux is one of my absolute favorite roses, and I especially like it masquerading as a big full (3-in-1)bush. Kate

I am as far from the deep south as it is possible to get but here goes. The blooms are a deeper more yellow color than any tea I have or have seen. The color is just a little darker than a banana. They are not too large yet since the bush is not very big but they are able to open well in wet weather and the blooms have a nice if not over powering scent. The foliage is dark green with a blueish cast and a reddish underside. The bush is already looking to be a nice strong growing tea unlike many which tend to grow outward first before leaping upwards. Lance

Jackie, I was about to recommend Freedom as a strong healthy unfading lasting yellow, but when I looked on HMF I couldn't see that any US nursery stocked it. According to one of the references, it didn't stand the heat extremes in the US, which surprises me - I find it virtually bulletproof.