Rose (Rosa 'Graham Thomas') in the Roses Database

Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size:	Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape:	Cupped
Petal count:	full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color:	Deep yellow
Extra Bloom Info:	In clusters
Rebloom:	Good
Class:	Shrub
Growth Habit:	Can be trained as climber, 4-10 feet tall
Fragrance:	Strong
Hybridizer & year:	David Austin, 1983
Optimal growing zones:	USDA zone 5 and warmer

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Shrub
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences:	Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0) Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 5b -26.1 °C (-15 °F) to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
Plant Height:	4-10 feet
Plant Spread:	3-5 feet
Leaves:	Deciduous
Flowers:	Showy Fragrant
Flower Color:	Yellow
Flower Time:	Spring Summer Fall
Uses:	Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees
Propagation: Other methods:	Cuttings: Stem Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous:	With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Awards and Recognitions:	RHS AGM Other: 2011 Great Plant Picks Award Winner
Parentage:	Charles Austin x (Iceberg x seedling)
Child plants:	21 child plants

Alternative cultivar names:

'Graham Thomas'
'AUSmas'
'Lemon Parody'

Common names

Rose

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Location: Jones OK,
Date: April 2015
Rose Graham Thomas

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Location: Oceanside, California
Date: 2020-04-25

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Location: Kyle, Texas
Date: 2017-03-07
Elegant rose with a nice fragrance

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Location: Grapevine, Texas USA
Date: 2022-04-19

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Location: Cary, North Carolina private garden
Date: 2023-04-30
My Graham Thomas rose 2023

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Location: Atela Gardens, Alpiarça,
Date: 2012-05-05
digital Camera

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Location: Terrace garden right side
Date: 2012-0515

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Location: NY
Date: 2021-05-25
First flush after zone 5 winter. Covered in beautiful, fragrant b

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Location: Atela Gardens, Alpiarça,
Date: 2011-05-04
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

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Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 19 June 2016

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Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2017-08-25
Grown as a standard

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Location: Grapevine, Texas USA
Date: 2021-05-10

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Location: Atela Gardens, Alpiarça,
Date: 2018-06-03
digital camera

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Location: My Garden in PA
Date: 2023-05-26

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Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2017-08-28

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Location: Grapevine, Texas USA
Date: 05-10-2022

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Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2018-06-07

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Location: NY
Date: 2021-05-28
After his first winter in zone 5. Very fragrant

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Location: Glendale, AZ
Date: August 16, 2020
Rose (Rosa)

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Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C.
Date: 2006-06-29
4:38 pm. A most magnificent Rose!

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Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2015-04-13
Zone 9b.

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Location: Oceanside, California
Date: 2019-04-24

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Location: Kyle
Date: 2018-08-12
lovely and useful rose hip

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Location: Terrace left, full sun.
Date: 2016-06-09

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Location: Ukraine (Transcarpathia)
Date: 2018-07-05

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Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C.
Date: 2006-06-29
4:39 pm. Perfect buds turn into a perfect Rose.

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Location: my garden
Date: Summer 2010
Rosa 'Graham Thomas' reaches out of shade toward a ray of sunligh

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Location: Lincolnshire, England, UK
Date: 22 September 2011
Bloom and buds and dead heads

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Location: Terrace garden center
Date: 2015-06-11

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Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Date: 2013-01-06

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Location: Terrace garden, left side
Date: 2015-06-05
Leaves and buds.

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Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2011-10-15

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Location: Terrace garden left side.
Date: 2013-0610

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Location: Terrace garden center
Date: 2015-07-30

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Location: Terrace left, full sun.
Date: 2016-06-09
So many roses this year!

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Location: Dean Bond Rose Garden, Scott Arboretum, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-06-02

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Location: Grapevine, Texas USA
Date: 2021-04-26

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Location: Rose Garden Center, Tyler, Texas
Date: 2014-05-03

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Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Date: 2013-01-07

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Location: Terrace garden left side.
Date: 2012-0730

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Location: Terrace garden left side.
Date: 2013-07-06

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Location: Terrace garden left side.
Date: 2005-0624

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Location: Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2010-05-28

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Date: 2006-06-15
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Date: 2013-05-12
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Date: 2013-12-12
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Date: 2007-08-11
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Date: 2005-09-18
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Comments:

Posted by Calif_Sue (Sebastopol, CA - Zone 9a) on Feb 11, 2013 12:10 AM concerning plant:

Noted by Antique Rose Emporium:
Fat buds open to cupped, medium blooms of a radiant golden yellow. The fragrance is unusual and spicy. Rather upright, many gardeners are at a loss as to how to control this rose. We have heard numerous remedies of either pruning back hard, pegging or training as a small climber. Either way, it looks magnificent in the garden. The rose was named for the British Old Rose expert, Graham Stuart Thomas."

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Posted by okus (Lincolnshire, UK) on Sep 22, 2011 6:00 AM concerning plant:

This David Austin Rose is a delight, it has long arching stems and benefits from support, but has been in bloom in my garden, non-stop, since early June. It is not only an eye catching bush but is also beautifully scented.

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