Thanks for sharing. I bought two of these from RU this summer and they are my healthiest roses. I hope they remain that way. Blooms are gorgeous!
Susan

That is a really magnificent bush, and the flowers are gorgeous. What I can glimpse of the surrounding garden is equally lovely. I wonder whether I shouldn't be living in the northern part of California.....

Ingrid

I totally agree that the bush is a marvellous shape in the garden. Thanks for the great pix! We lost our 1st flush to brown petals, though - wish it didn't do that.

Those flowers are really lovely. I agree: I wish there were more pictures of the whole bush.

Catspa

Both lovely teas. Roses that fade, like Etoile and Le Pactole, are soft and romantic. I grow Buff Beauty for similar effect in a not so sunny clime. I'm enjoying your healthy, happy teas since my PDX ones will never be what I pretend that they are. It's raining on them right now.

Carol

Thank you, all, for the kind comments. Carol, Etoile de Lyon is such a wimp about cool moisture in the air here, I imagine it would not be a great tea for PDX, unless you like brown, sodden masses of gunk on twigs. Linda, I had to strip off most of the first flush this year, too -- total bummer.

I also posted these pics on HMF (forwarding the cause of whole-plant shots) and Billy West (one of the Australian tea book authors) commented on the vase photo (in part), "Some older articles mention the methods exhibitors used to bring out the yellow in certain roses. eg. tying brown paper bags over the buds, and using elaborate paraphernalia to support cut-off brown beer bottles held over promising buds." Unfortunately, I don't have that kind of time -- I'll just appreciate my soft and romantically fading blooms, or cut some and bring them inside. :-)

This post was edited by catspa on Thu, Jun 27, 13 at 20:33

I love soft light yellow roses.... thank you, catspa, for a great show.

I'm considering getting this rose. I saw a couple of photos of this rose on helpmefindrose website and have fallen in love with it. Was planning to get Gloire de Dijon, but no nursery stock it in Australia at the moment. Is Etoile deLyon a fast growing rose? I have a small yard. Does it repeat fast? Is the fragrance strong? And whats the thorns like?

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing!

Tangles, I have had it for about 3 or 4 years now. The blooms can be beautiful, but in my climate, they are usually browned at the edges, if not totally balled. The petals don't drop either, so I have to pluck the unsightly mess off. I'm removing mine, and I think I'm right in remembering that catspat is/has removed hers.

Linda Buzzell -- If you peel off the outermost petals, blooms will open flawlessly.

Tangles, this is how mine looks most of the time when it opens, and then it goes completely brown. It may be fine for you, though, if your climate isn't humid. It does this even without rain.

Looks like a good one for the land of hot and dry. Some of those pictures are just gorgeous! Lisa

Yes Lisa, it might do well for you. When it is good, it is very, very good!

Tangles, I'm surprised that no nursery has Gloire de Dijon. Even bare root, in winter?

Here is my whole plant photo! It came back to life! :-)

I love the "whole plant photo"! Ha, ha.

Are you going to post it on HMF? :-D

How do I insert that little trumpet noisemaker emoji on HOUZZ? Anyway, I am so happy for you, Summers! It's a rose lover's small miracle gifted from the universe when we spot tiny foliage rising from the ashes. Much celebration! Carol

Thanks Carol! :-) I was so happy to see that! I waited for 3 years to get this rose band,, but someone in my family almost killed the poor thing. This is the reason I keep dead looking roses for a while hoping for miracle. Lol