David Austin's Graham Thomas

• Category: English Roses (English Rose Collection);
• Colour: Yellow;
• Flower Type: Double/Full Bloom;
• Size: Medium Shrub/Short Climber;
• Hardiness: Very Hardy;
• Fragrance: Tea, strong;
• Repeating: Good;
• Special Characteristics: Superb as a climber. Won the James Mason Award from the R.N.R.S 2000

One of the most widely grown and best loved English Roses.
‘Graham Thomas’ has been voted the World’s Favourite Rose by the World Federation of Rose Societies (WFRS) which represents over 100,000 rose lovers in 41 member countries. The award was announced at the 2009 World Rose Convention in Vancouver, when the rose was inducted into the society’s ‘Rose Hall of Fame’.

It has cupped flowers of medium size; their colour being an unusually rich and pure yellow that would be hard to match even among modern Hybrid Teas. The growth is upright but bushy and very vigorous, with shiny, pale green, disease-resistant leaves. It is an excellent rose, both in beauty and performance.

There is a fresh Tea Rose fragrance, with a cool violet character typical of its colour group.

Named for the late Graham Stuart Thomas, who was one of the most influential rosarians of our time.