'AUSmas' Rose

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'AUSmas' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Beverly Sloan

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Graham Thomas
• Lemon Parody

HMF Ratings:

185 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. 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 of 5' to 10' (150 to 305 cm). Width of 4¼' to 8' (130 to 245 cm).

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.
Graham Thomas was removed from the Auckland Regional Botanic Gardens (ARBG) Display Trial because its trial period expired.