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Yellow roses add a bright, cheery note to border schemes. The spectrum is broad, from delicate, creamy yellows to lemon tones, right through to more acidic, sulphurous shades.
Whatever the shade, yellow flowers make a striking foil for darker colours such as blue and purple. They also work wonderfully in paler, pastel-coloured designs.
Browse some of our favourite yellow rose varieties, below.
In late spring, thornless rambling rose Rosa banksiae ‘Lutea’ bears hanging sprays of small, double yellow flowers with a light fragrance. Hardy and vigorous, it’s a good choice for covering a rose arch or pergola, and even training through a tree.
Height x spread: 12m x 4m.
Rosa ‘County of Staffordshire’ is a ground-cover rose, bearing clusters of coppery-yellow double flowers from June to October. With smaller-than average blooms and a trailing habit, it’s suitable for using as groundcover or growing in a pot, where it will spill and trail over the side.
H x S: 50 x 60cm.
‘Graham Thomas’ is a popular climbing rose with deep yellow, semi-double blooms with an amber central eye and a rich tea-fragrance. It shows strong resistance to disease. Perfect for covering a rose arch or pergola, The Royal Horticultural Society has given it the prestigious Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
H x S: 1.5m x 1.2m.
Rosa ‘The Lark Ascending’ is a disease-resistant large and bushy shrub rose, bearing clusters of semi-double, cup-shaped golden-yellow blooms with a light myrrh or tea-rose fragrance. It’s well-suited to growing in a mixed or rose border.
H x S: 1.5m x 1.2m.
This strong, bushy shrub rose bears large, pale yellow blooms with a golden central eye and a slight fragrance. Grow it in a mixed or rose border, or in a large container.
H x S: 1.2m x 90cm.
This bushy, deciduous floribunda rose bears clusters of double, golden-yellow flowers with a darker central eye, from late spring into autumn. Perfect for the front of a border or a large container.
H x S: 1m x 1m.
Rosa ‘Mountbatten’ is a reliable shrub rose, bearing large lemon-yellow flowers with a fruity perfume, in contrast with dark green, leathery foliage. It’s perfect for container-growing, but is also suitable for growing in the border.
H x S: 1.2m x 75cm.
Voted Rose of the Year 2016, ‘Sunny Sky’ bears fragrant, honey-coloured blooms that mature to soft yellow from June to September. Grow it at the front of a sunny border or in a container.
H x S: 1m x 60cm.
