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Harison’s Yellow
$21.95
Hybrid Foetida – Shrub (George Folliott Harison, United States, circa 1824)
There’s no need for a calendar when you have a Harison’s Yellow in your garden. Bright and cheerful trusses of deep yellow blooms emerge from the grey of late winter to declare the coming of spring. Canes arch and reach 5 to 6 feet with ferny foliage and an upright habit, the shrub will produce suckers and form a brier clump if allowed.
This rose has truly reached legendary status. From it’s haphazard origins in Harison’s New York City garden, to its well chronicled journeys west with the Forty-Niners, Harison’s Yellow is truly an American icon. It is still found on old homesteads along the Oregon Trail, surviving with little water and care. Harison’s has numerous aliases including the incorrect spelling “Harrison’s Yellow”, rosa harisonii, the Oregon Trail Rose, Hogg’s Yellow, Yellow Sweet Brier and the Yellow Rose of Texas.
Note: This rose may require a May shipping date to ensure adequate root development.
Description
Harison’s Yellow
Hybrid Foetida – Shrub (George Folliott Harison, United States, circa 1824)
There’s no need for a calendar when you have a Harison’s Yellow in your garden. Bright and cheerful trusses of deep yellow blooms emerge from the grey of late winter to declare the coming of spring. Canes arch and reach 5 to 6 feet with ferny foliage and an upright habit, the shrub will produce suckers and form a brier clump if allowed.
This rose has truly reached legendary status. From it’s haphazard origins in Harison’s New York City garden, to its well chronicled journeys west with the Forty-Niners, Harison’s Yellow is truly an American icon. It is still found on old homesteads along the Oregon Trail, surviving with little water and care. Harison’s has numerous aliases including the incorrect spelling “Harrison’s Yellow”, rosa harisonii, the Oregon Trail Rose, Hogg’s Yellow, Yellow Sweet Brier and the Yellow Rose of Texas.
Joanna Tuck –
Harison’s Yellow was my gateway drug into rose growing. The first house we lived in when we got married had an enormous Harison that had been there for over 40 years after being transplanted from an old stagecoach stop, and every spring I loved seeing the magnificent display of arching canes smothered in golden blossoms. Since then I’ve made sure we have a Harison at every house we’ve lived in. The thorns are pretty epic, it’s a rose that one doesn’t dare mess with too much. But so much fun to have a piece of history in the garden.