Graham Thomas Rose

David Austin Roses

Graham Thomas Rose, are David Austin roses with breathtaking yellow rose flowers. The very double blooms are that of classic English roses. The magnificent shade of yellow has a texture that makes these old rose style blooms seem almost to perfect to be real! The yellow blooms appear in sprays.

The cup-shaped blooms are strongly tea scented. The yellow color gradually deepens at the center of the bloom.

This deep yellow shrub rose is one of the most popular of the Austin roses.

It was named for the influential English rosarian Graham Thomas.

It is a hardy bush that blooms prolificaly throughout the growing season.

Type English Shrub Rose

Hybridizer David Austin 1983

Blooms Deep yellow, cupped blooms are 4" across, with 45 petals

Growth Habits vigorous, upright, bushy, and arching in growth. It can grow 6x4 feet.

Foliage Foliage is disease resistant and glossy

Fragrance strong tea scent

Awards Royal Horticultural Society Award of Graden Merit 1993

Hardy Zone zones 5-10

This was the first yellow rose introduced that actually resembled those old Victorian roses (old garden roses) Until their introduction, the color range for these roses had been limited to red, pinks, and purples. The flowers are borne in abundance on long arching stems. Stems often bow under the weight of the flowers.

This repeat-flowering rose will grow larger in warmer climates, and can be treated as a climbing rose. It flowers all Summer, and into Fall.

This shrub rose, does not do well in hot/dry climates.

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