English Rose 'Graham Thomas'

'Graham Thomas' is a landmark English rose (1983, Austin) that revived interest in yellow English roses—deep, rich yellow cupped blooms with a strong tea fragrance and vigorous, arching growth.

• Family: Rosaceae
• Genus: Rosa
• Cultivar: 'Graham Thomas'
• Also known as: AUSmas, Lemon Parody
• Hybridized by: Austin
• Introduced: 1983

Key Features: Large (4–5 inch), deeply cupped, quartered blooms of rich, golden yellow. Strong, fresh tea fragrance. Vigorous, arching habit to 5–6 feet (easily trained as short climber). Glossy, disease-resistant foliage. Blooms in flushes late spring to frost. Hardy in USDA zones 5–9. One of David Austin's most famous and widely grown roses.

Landscape Uses: Mixed borders, specimen, short climber on pillars/arches, cutting gardens. A golden beacon in the garden.