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    'Graham Thomas' rose Description
    'Graham Thomas' rose photo
    Photo courtesy of MJT
    Availability:
    Commercially available
    Synonyms:
    • AUSmas
    • Lemon Parody
    HMF Ratings:
    211 favorite votes.  
    Average rating: GOOD+.  
    ARS:
    Deep yellow Shrub.
    Registration name: AUSmas
    Exhibition name: Graham Thomas
    Origin:
    Bred by David C. H. Austin (1926-2018) (United Kingdom, 1983).
    Class:
    Shrub.   (Series: English Rose Collection)  
    Bloom:
    Deep yellow.  Strong, tea fragrance.  35 petals.  Average diameter 3.5".  Large, full (26-40 petals) bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
    Habit:

    Height: 5' to 10' (150 to 305cm).  Width: 4¼' to 8' (130 to 245cm).
    Growing:
    USDA zone 5b through 10b.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  
    Patents:
    New Zealand - Patent No: 435  on  16 Aug 1988
    Parentage:
    seed: Charles Austin
    pollen: Iceberg (floribunda, Kordes 1958) × Unnamed Seedling
    Notes:
    Graham Stuart Thomas was born on April 3, 1909.
    We used Austin's parentage for this rose.