Growing ‘Harison’s Yellow’

Harison’s Yellow, often referred to as The Yellow Rose of Texas, actually originated in New York but made its way across the United States in the first half of the 19th century; due to its robust nature and beautiful flowers it is still widely cultivated. From A Quest for the Rose (1993) “This rose is said to have been carried westwards across America with the pioneers and planted wherever they stopped. Raised by George Folliott Harison, or possibly his father Richard; both were New York lawyers and keen gardeners in the early 19th century.” You may often find that yellow roses are prone to blackspot but I don’t find that to be true with this rose, as a matter of fact it was quite healthy and winter hardy. Also, owing to its Scotch rose heritage was one of the first roses to flower and did so for weeks which the bees certainly enjoyed! Here are some more photos of our Harison’s Yellow in our former garden. I plan on growing another at our new home even though we get a lot of shade here since this rose is also happy with just a few hours of morning sun.