6 bush roses with large yellow flowers

The 'Ville de Chine' rose, an exceptional rose.

With its 10 cm deep yellow flowers, which lighten at the edges, the ‘Ville de Chine’ rose is an exceptional rosebush and almost impossible to find in France. Very floriferous, it produces highly fragrant and elegant roses from June to October. Its bushy foliage is medium green. Its flowers can be used to create lovely cut flower arrangements.

This is a vigorous rosebush that forms an upright and slightly inclined bush, reaching a height of 1.20 metres and a width of 1 metre. It integrates well into flower beds and hedges. It is a variety developed by Poulsen dating back to 1963.

‘Ville de Chine’ rosebush

The 'Candlelight' rose, with large golden-yellow blooms

With its lovely turbinate roses and intense fragrance, the rose ‘Candlelight’ is a beautiful bush to plant in the garden. From June to October, it produces 13 cm golden-yellow roses, composed of 50 tightly packed petals forming quarters. The golden-yellow turns to cream-yellow with a salmon touch at the centre. The double flowers resemble old roses and bloom on a lush, healthy, dark green glossy foliage. The fragrance is that of tea roses.

The rose ‘Candlelight’ forms a bush 90 cm high and 50 cm wide. It easily fits into a small bed in full sun or partial shade. You can pair it with grasses, blue or white campanulas. The flowers, borne on sturdy stems in solitary form, make a wonderful cut flower alongside peonies and white lilacs. This rose has been awarded the Gold Medal and Gold Rose in Baden Baden.

Rose ‘Candlelight’

The rose 'Les Années Folles La Rotonde', for a romantic touch.

Another perfect rose for cut flower arrangements, the ‘Les Années Folles La Rotonde’ rose produces beautifully romantic double flowers from June to October. The 9 cm roses are a pure yellow, darker at the centre and lighter at the edges. They emit a light fragrance of lily of the valley and iris. Composed of 60 to 70 petals and turbinate, they open in a flat cup shape, forming quarters.

Very resilient and easy to grow, this bush rose reaches 75 cm in height and 60 cm in width. In the garden, place it at the front of a flower bed alongside white or orange roses. You can also pair it with bronze fennel and lady’s mantle, as well as nigella.

‘Les Années Folles La Rotonde’ rose

The rose 'Michelangelo', a fragrance of spices and honey

The ‘Michelangelo’ rose is full of charm thanks to its mimosa yellow flowers with an old-fashioned style. On medium green foliage veined with dark green, lemon yellow buds appear, opening into flat cups measuring 12 cm in diameter. The flowers are composed of 45 petals and adopt a whole palette of colours, from mimosa yellow to cream yellow, including pale yellow. They emit a honey and spice fragrance that earned them an award in the Netherlands in 2001. This rose, bred by Meilland, produces blooms that last very well in a vase.

Very resilient, the ‘Michelangelo’ rose forms a bush 1.20 metres high and 75 cm wide. Use it to fragrance and brighten your pathways. You can plant it in front of a small boxwood hedge or cypress, alongside white roses like ‘Jardin de Bagatelle’ or orange ones like ‘The Lady Gardener’.

‘Michelangelo’ rose

The rose 'Sunny Sky', a fruity fragrance

With its light, fruity fragrance and subtly almost bicoloured yellow roses, the ‘Sunny Sky’ rose boasts beautiful qualities. It is also early, flowering from May to November. The double roses measuring 10 cm transition from apricot to honey yellow, then to straw yellow and finally to cream yellow. Another feature is that they are tinged with pink at the petal edges. Its fruity fragrance exudes notes of lemon, apple, pear, and peach. You can also enjoy its scents in your home as the roses last a long time in a vase.

The ‘Sunny Sky’ rose has a bushy silhouette of 1.20 metres tall and 60 cm wide. It is a Kordes variety, which shows great resistance to diseases and has received the ADR label, a testament to its excellent cultivation qualities. In a garden, pair it with other white or mauve bush roses, as well as with grasses and perennials, such as geraniums, snapdragons, and campanulas.

‘Sunny Sky’ Rose

The rose 'Pacific Sunset', a sunny yellow

The ‘Pacific Sunset’ rose bears flowers measuring 10 cm in a vibrant, sunny yellow that fades and takes on salmon hues at the petal edges. It blooms from June to November, on glossy dark green foliage. The roses consist of 35 slightly crumpled petals, opening in a round cup shape. Lightly scented, they are perfect for creating cut flower arrangements.

This rose bush grows to a height of 80 cm and a width of 50 cm. It is a creation of the Meilland rose breeder, showcasing excellent disease resistance. In a border, you can plant it alongside a dwarf white buddleia, nepeta, perennial salvias, perovskias, campanulas, or hardy geraniums.

‘Pacific Sunset’ Rose

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