Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Bloom shape: Globular
Petal count: semi-double: 8-15 petals
Rose bloom color: Deep yellow
Extra Bloom Info: Medium, semi-double to double, globular
Rebloom: None
Class: Other: Hybrid foetida
Growth Habit: Typically 4-8 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Moderate
Hybridizer & year: George Folliott Harison, circa 1824
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 3 and warmer

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
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: 4-8 feet
Plant Spread: 4-5 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Yellow
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Parentage: Rosa foetida x Rosa spinosissima
Child plants: one child plant

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Harison's Yellow'
  • 'The Yellow Rose of Texas'
  • 'Yellow Sweet Brier'
  • 'Hogg's Yellow'
  • 'Harisonii'
  • 'Rosa lutea var. hoggii'

Common names
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Location: Elysium Gardens, Kelowna B. C.
Date: 2007-05-30
 - In 2007, on the way to a heavenly Garden.
Location: My Gardens
Date: June 1, 2014
In Moderate Shade
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 30, 2014
Close Up View
Location: My Gardens
Date: June 1, 2014
Covered In Blooms
Location: In my garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens, South Amana, IA
Date: 2007-05-23
This rose is almost 100 years old.

Photo courtesy of: Helena Borg

Date: 2007-09-17
Photo courtesy of: A. Barra
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2010-06-11
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Location: My Garden, Arvada, Colorado
Date: june
Location: Calgary Alberta
Date: 2016-06-25
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Location: My Garden, Arvada, Colorado
Date: june
About half of Harison' Yellow bush

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

Date: 2009-05-25
Photo courtesy of: Kevmin

Date: 2021-03-31
From the book 'How to Grow Roses' by Robert Pyle, J. Horace McFar
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