Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Small: under 2"
Bloom shape: Other: Pompon
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Light yellow
Extra Bloom Info: In large clusters
Rebloom: None
Class: Other: Species
Extra Color Info: Light yellow
Growth Habit: Can top 20 feet
Fragrance: Mild
Misc: Thornless or almost thornless
Hybridizer & year: Introduced by Royal Horticultural Society, 1824
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 6 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)
Plant Height: 20-30 feet
Plant Spread: 6-10 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Lady Banks Yellow
  • Yellow Lady Banks Rose
  • Rose
  • Yellow Banksia
  • Banksian Yellow
  • Rosier de Banks a Fleurs Jaunes
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Rosa banksiae
  • Synonym: Rosa banksiae f. luteiflora
  • Synonym: Rosa banksiae f. lutea
  • Synonym: Rosa banksiae var. lutea
  • Synonym: Rosa banksiae var. luteaplena

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Location: In my mother's garden in Oklahoma City
Date: Spring, 2007
Lady Banks Yellow Rose (Rosa banksiae f. lutea) 005
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2017-03-04
In backyard of neighbor across the alley.
Location: Hillsborough, NC
Date: 2016-04-06
Perfect for Arbor
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2017-03-04
Location: Local in town plant
Location: Historic Rose Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-03-15
Location: In my Northern California garden
Location: North Louisiana
Date: Late Spring
Rosa banksiae - Lady Banks' rose
Location: Madrid, Spain | April, 2023
Date: 2023-04-08
Photo by zuzu
Location: Newby Hall garden, Ripon, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-05-15
Location: Newby Hall garden, Ripon, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-05-15
Location: Madrid, Spain | April, 2023
Date: 2023-04-08
Photo by zuzu
Location: In my mother's garden in Oklahoma City
Date: Spring, 2007
Lady Banks Yellow Rose (Rosa banksiae f. lutea) 004
Location: Seville, Spain | April, 2023
Date: 2023-04-05
Photo by zuzu

credit: Cillas
Location: Local in town plant with lavender house as a backdrop
Location: San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04
Labeled 'Lady Banks', this is the yellow one.
Location: Local in town plant
Location: San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04
Location: In my mother's garden in Oklahoma City
Date: Spring, 2007
Lady Banks Yellow Rose (Rosa banksiae f. lutea) 006

In Zuzu's garden
Location: Saint Helena Island, SC
Date: 2010-04-06
Location: North Louisiana
Date: 2020-03-29
Location: San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04
Labeled 'Lady Banks', this is the yellow one.
Location: In my mother's garden in Oklahoma City
Date: Spring, 2007
Lady Banks Yellow Rose (Rosa banksiae f. lutea) 002
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2017-02-21
First bloom this season
Location: Hillsborough, NC 
Date: 2016-04-06
Springtime Bloom

In Zuzu's garden
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-04-15
Location: Newby Hall garden, Ripon, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-05-15
Location: In my mother's garden in Oklahoma City
Date: Spring, 2007
Lady Banks Yellow Rose (Rosa banksiae f. lutea) 003
Location: Orem, Utah
Date: 2012-04-20
At Sunriver Gardens
Location: Fairfax, VA | April, 2023
Date: 2023-04-06

Date: c. 1913
photo from the 1913 catalog, Biltmore Nursery Roses, Asheville, N

Date: 2013-05-12
Location: In my Northern California garden
Location: Seville, Spain | April, 2023
Date: 2023-04-05

Photo courtesy of: florum

Date: 2014-04-19
Location: In my mother's garden in Oklahoma City
Date: Spring, 2007
Lady Banks Yellow Rose (Rosa banksiae f. lutea) 001
Location: Temple, Texas
Date: 2019-09-05
Very young specimen not yet blooming.  Setting is mostly shade, s
Photo by zuzu
Photo by zuzu
Location: Saint Helena Island, SC
Date: 2010-04-06

Date: 2014-04-19

Date: 2014-04-19

Date: 2014-04-19
Location: Growing up a large oak in town
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-01-19
Location: Orem, Utah
Date: 2012-04-20
St Sunriver Gardens
Location: Orem, Utah
Date: 2012-04-20
At Sunriver Gardens
Location: Orem, Utah
Date: 2012-04-20
At Sunriver Gardens

In Zuzu's garden
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Comments:
  • Posted by jathton (Oklahoma City, OK - Zone 7a) on Jun 28, 2020 6:28 PM concerning plant:
    If you were to go to YouTube after reading this comment and type in "Shady Lady" or "The World's Largest Rose" you would be taken to a 6 minute film. The film will tell you a fascinating story about, I believe, the white flowering form of Bank's Rose.
    This particular Lady Banks Rose, as of 2017, completely covers an arbor that measures 9,000 square feet. In its native habitat of central and western China it typically grows at elevations of 1,640 - 7,218 feet.
    But this rose nowhere near acquired the status in China that it grabbed in Tombstone, AZ.

    The "Shady Lady of Tombstone" was, in 1970 when I first saw it, and continues to be somewhat awe inspiring. In 1989 my mother was contemplating replacing the canvas arbor that covered her patio... but the $4,000 cost did not appeal to her at all. So I suggested the yellow form of the Lady Bank's Rose.

    Ten years later the rose had covered half of the arbor and it absolutely glows when the entire plant is covered in small, double pale yellow flowers.

    If you have an arbor and you are contemplating a climbing plant for it... I strongly recommend this terrific rose.

  • Posted by zuzu (Northern California - Zone 9a) on Feb 3, 2014 10:40 PM concerning plant:
    This rose grows to huge proportions. One of mine is held up by three strong arbors and a garage roof. Another covers a gazebo and has sent some canes climbing all the way up a neighbor's oak tree.

    The blooms are quite small, but they grow in clusters and cover the entire rose for about a month in spring. In my mild zone 9 climate, the rose reblooms late in fall, but only in a modest and barely visible flush. The blooms have no fragrance, which is a drawback, but the rose also has no thorns, which is a definite plus.
  • Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Dec 4, 2011 3:49 PM concerning plant:
    This is one of my favorites of all time. Spectacular when in bloom. It is thornless and blooms profusely in the Spring.
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