I planted this rose one year ago, it's been great so far. The blooms are clear pink. It repeat bloomed well last summer.

It has a pleasant fruity fragrance, although to my nose it is not as sweetly scented as some of the other Austins.

I don't recall if the blooms lasted a long time on the shrub... they are a lovely shade of pink.

I grow it near Young Lycidas, Falstaff and a mix of other pink and apricot roses. The color works well with the red and other Austins.

Thanks so much, Krista! How does it tolerate shade, if you have experience with that?

Mine gets sun from about 10 AM until 4 PM. After that it's dappled shade. I think it's a rose that can tolerate a bit of shade. It has Alba rose in its heritage.

Thanks much! I decided to order Royal Jubilee from David Austin, as that was the only source I could find in America. It looks like a beautiful color and beautiful rose, and different from the other pinks I have: Mary Rose, Redoute, Ingenious Mr. Fairchild, Quietness, Souvenir de la Malmaison, Lady of Megginch, Wildeve, Princess Anne, Gentle Hermione, Heirloom's Tranquility.....they are all together, along with some whites and reds and blue larkspur in=between. I think it will be a nice addition!

I've been happy with it. It's an interesting rose, and a good bloomer as a young plant.

..Mine grows in the shade here mostly... sun early and late.... not much in between.... it's growing well, masses of buds for this year.... lovely foliage... its Spring growth is very attractive...

5th April

27th April

That spring foliage is very pretty....thanks for posting!

How is this rose doing for everybody? I'm intrigued by it and may purchase it this spring.

-Chris

Royal Jubilee grew very little for me this year....whether it was the fact I planted it very late in spring as a bare root.....or if it is its partially shaded location.....or what it is, I don't know, but I had very little growth this first year. David Austin was reluctant to send it to me as it was so late in the season for planting bare roots. However, perhaps it was putting down roots rather than above-ground growth. We will see next year.

I'm liking this rose very much in its 2nd season...trained up an obelisk it has gone over 6 foot.. and is rarely without blooms, in fact this late in the season there are still lots of blooms mostly at the top of the plant...it would probably show better if the canes were trained horizontally... the foliage is healthy until late September when I noticed some black spot but that's not unusual for me here... I should add that my rose is grafted as they are here...

...a very sweet scent, and what I like about this rose is that there appears to be two different types of blooms on the one bush... the main one is fully double and a lighter pink, so double that you can hardly see the stamens.... on the other type of bloom, less dominant, and which I'd like to describe as a 'sport'...they are less double, deeper pink and show the stamens and because they're not so heavy they don't droop like the others do....

..showing the fully double blooms, heavy on the stem...

..showing the deeper colour and less double bloom...

I watched this rose grow at the Chicago Botanic Garden, and there it put out a good amount of growth and seemed to be in bloom more as the season went on.

Beautiful pics, Marlorena. I've been very pleased with Royal Jubilee. The repeat bloom is very good. It's colorful in the garden landscape.

Thanks for the feedback! This is a very beautiful and interesting rose.

-Chris

Lovely pictures, Krista and Marlorena. I haven't heard much about this rose but your comments seem to be very positive. Since you both have a humid and rainy climate I won't take this as an endorsement that it will do well for me in desertville where it's been in the 90's in what seems like forever.

Any updates on this rose? Austin says it's for zones 5-9. I'm in zone 10 where it gets hot and dry (Pasadena, CA) I'd love to add it to my plan for next bare root season if it will do okay here.

I live in 9b, near Napa, CA and planted my Royal Jubilee that I got as a bare root from DA in February. It's now about 2 ft x 2ft and has bloomed steadily. The necks are weak, so the blooms nod quite a bit. Here are a few photos.

Mid-May, not the first bloom but one I liked so I supported it with a small stake to take the photo.

This bloom was from a few days ago

More open bloom

RJ is getting strong morning sun, partial shade in the afternoon. It's moderately fragrant. We've had some 100 degree days and I don't recall any petal burn. So far, I don't think the blooms last more than two days but RJ seems to make up for it by offering a steady stream of buds. It's been healthy so far, no apparent disease, and cucumber beetles and other bugs seem to leave it alone. It may not be the type of rose that makes a great cut flower but it's too soon to be definitive about that. I'm glad I got RJ because I love the dark pink color, form, and fragrance.

Good luck!

Ann

The bloom certainly has me! Glad to hear it's okay in your zone. I'll give it a try!

RJ also doesn't seem to need more water than any other rose - another plus!

Ann

Wow Malorena! I knew it could get tall but 10 ft is rather amazing! Thank you for sharing your experience. I find RJ very charming now and look forward to seeing it develop, hopefully to be as beautiful as your rose.

Ann

I started a thread last year when I purchased RJ because I couldnt find much about this rose. This is its second year in the ground for me and I notice in my zone 9 inland socal heat RJ shuts down. I have 4 RJ two are in full sun, one is in partial sun to shade, and one is in mostly shade. All 4 seem to bloom well until the temps rises. Lovely fragrance and bloom form. See link below to my thread about RJ.

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/3832887/austin-royal-jubilee

Thank you Haku for reminding us about your RJ thread. I remember it now after re-reading the whole discussion. I guess I'll have to keep evaluating my RJ as it develops. My temps are typically 85-90 in the summer, going up to 100+ some days. I've got a lot of wind coming off of SF Bay in the summer which keeps my neighborhood a bit cooler than surrounding areas. Hopefully RJ thrives but we may find out it's not a rose for warm areas. Thanks again!

Ann

This was one of my unlabeled DA's from a BBS. I planted RJ in morning sun under a window with shade sometime after noon, depending on the time of year. I am really looking forward to seeing those blooms outside my dining room window as it matures.

Right now now it has some weird crud on its leaves.

I'll be interested to hear other opinions on this, but I don't think your rose is Royal Jubilee. The blooms and foliage don't look like a match.

...agree with Krista..

Definitely doesn’t look like RJ

That's interesting. It waa IDed here. That is not it's best bloom. So I wouldnt decide based on that. It's usually more cupped. I don't recall what the new leaves look like but here are the aged and kind of cruddy ones. I'll have to pay attention to the new leaves.

So far it is thornless.

Mature leaves. The color is off because of whatever it's suffering from.

I see thorns on the RJ in the pictures. I think y'all might be right.

This I should the first bloom after it was planted.

Bud

Same bloom open

...is it scented? 'RJ' has a very sweet scent..

Yours might be correct actually.... here are a couple of photos I have with similar blooms.. look also at the older foliage in the 2nd picture..

Thank you for posting! Yes, it is sweetly scented.

After I posted I double checked HMF and it listed it as thornless or nearly thornless, so that ticks another box.

The leaves look like your mature ones in your picture. I hope it's just heat stress that has the leaves looking so sad. We had three or four weeks of high temps and no rain. I watted when it was wilty and it rebounded but I' sure it was stressful.

Thanks for posting additional photos, Suncoast. The second set of photos have a similar color to RJ, but you mention that your rose is thornless. I'm surprised that HMF describes RJ as thornless or nearly so. It has thorns of varying sizes.

The open bloom does not have a flat rosette or button eye like your first photo, but as you describe your rose this is not representative of a typical bloom...

The buds on RJ have a pointed shape to them.

I took photos of foliage and thorns, the winter damaged canes give another view of the thorns:

Suncoast - if I had to go by the first pic you posted on June 7th, I would have said your rose isn’t RJ. But your second set of pics - flowers and leaves - look like RJ.

Like Krista’s, mine isn’t thornless; I wouldn’t even say it’s ‘low thorn’.

How old is your rose? Perhaps newer canes will show thorns...

Jo

Paul Neyron is thornless. IMHO, I think it looks more like a Hybrid Perpetual than RJ. Is it possible that it is not an Austin...? Paul Neyron on Helpmefind

Paul Neyron bloom

Good call, Krista. You likely nailed it.

The first bloom and bud which weren’t sitting right for RJ are a match for Paul Neyron or a similar hybrid perpetual though ‘thornless’ would point towards PN which is mostly described as low thorn or thornless.

Jo

That very well could be! The color matches too. It doesn't look like the filler blooms but that might be because it's young.

Does PN like more sun? I have this rose in part sun.

I dom't think I would describe the buds as pointed either.

I grow Paul Neyron in full sun. Hybrid Perpetuals like plenty of sun. I don't know, however, how much sun would be optimal in your zone...

Paul Neyron tends to be a little spotty here for me in heavy summer rains, so for that reason, he gets a bit more sunshine than my other HPs. I have him in 3/4 day full sun and he’s doing well. In fall and winter he’s clean and his blooms are fragrant and heart-breakingly gorgeous. He is a heavy feeder and blooms more when I deadhead hard. :-)

Meant to add that PNs blooms are quite large, 4-6 inches wide. :-)

Mine leans and grows on a front fence.... It is a continuous bloomer from May until maybe November, never stops, like really amazing and mine is only in year 3, but it did this right in its first summer.... Low maintenance. Here are some pics from first May flush (Lady Emma is peeking through on the left and AD peeking through a bit on the right...)