TG is more of a rambler than a bush. She will put out long canes. The flowers are clustered in candelabras. They are yellow, no apricot. The blooms are quartered and shatter quickly. The leaves are small.

Crocus and Charlotte both throw really long canes here in Texas. I've never grown TG.
As far as the colors, Charlotte is more of a light yellow while Crocus Rose is more of a cream color. The big difference is in the shape of the bloom. Charlotte is cupped and more open on the inside than Crocus Rose is. Crocus Rose starts out with a tight center of petals. That might not make too much sense, but with a picture I could tell them apart with no problem. Neither have any blush color to them.

I grow all three. Crocus is a young ownroot so not much experience with it. Crocus is a lighter shade of yellow fading to cream as the bloom ages. Charlotte for me is a clear buttery cupped yellow with lighter outer petals. Mine has been more vase like so far. TG is much more peachy yellow. TG is a HUGE full mountain of English rose. After 3 yrs of whacking back 8' octopus canes I gave up it won the battle for real estate. It covers itself in blooms hundreds at a time during flushes.

Marleah -

I also grow all 3 and they are distinct:

1. Crocus Rose is not yellow, it is apricot/buff fading to cream. Like Carrie Jo says, it starts out tight and opens flat, sometimes with a green pointel. It always blooms in clusters. Foliage is small and glossy. Growth upright, never needs staking.

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2. Charlotte is medium yellow, very cupped and much more double than Graham Thomas - you never see the stamens on Charlotte. Also, the blooms last much longer on the bush than GT, which in my experience shatter (too) quickly. Growth upright, sometimes long blind shoots which need to be cut back.

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3. Teasing Georgia is lighter yellow, fading to cream on the outer petals. Blooms very double and open very flat. Never doesn't need support!

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Hope this helps!

George

George, I'm stumped. How did you know it was Carrie Jo?
Carrie

LOL Carrie, not to worry - I'm not a stalker or anything. I could swear that you signed some of your posts that way!!! I am a big fan of your garden, though.

By the way, the photos above are thumbnails, click to see full size.

George