I'd encourage you to consider Tchaikovski. It's gorgeous. Look at @strawchicago z5's pictures.

Hi @Aaron Rosarian Zone 5b I actually have that one because of Straw's recommendation. It is still a new, 1 year old plant from RU but it was very pretty last year.

Below shows the perfect foliage of Moonlight Romantica, very healthy despite being planted right next to a rain-spout, receiving tons of rain:

Below to compare the size of Sweet Mademoiselle (3rd-year own root) with Moonlight Romantica (1st year own root). I expect Moonlight to be just as big, since it's green to the tip, compared to Sweet M. died down to 4 inch. this past harsh zone 5a winter:

Moonlight romantica blooms are just as big as Dee-lish (pink) next to it. The small yellow ones in a bowl are Golden Fairy Tale (peppermint scent once aged in the vase). Moonlight Romantica scent is just as good as Golden Celebration, but more stable (it's always there).

@strawchicago z5 Your roses look gorgeous as always! Moonlight R just looks so pretty to me.

Batshebha is amazing. i also like moonlight in paris

What beautiful roses you both have! I used to grow Lemon Spice in my Indianapolis market and it performed really great. I have shied away from planting it here because the humidity is soooo high and I don't know how she would be health wise but I absolutely love the fragrance it has.

Lemon Spice is always a contender for my favorite rose... I think I have 5 of them. Fragrance is beyond divine. Only downside is that it has a slightly weird growth habit.

MasLovesRoses, My Lemon Spice is in an open shade spot and she performs well in our damp cool spring and fall. She gets at most 10% blackspot and zero mildew, which is considered very disease resistant in my area. I don't spray so I just let her be. No big deal. She keeps blooming. Maybe you can give her another chance and enjoy her outstanding fragrance again.

susan, Lemon Spice does tend to be lanky. I'm thinking to cut her half back next year and see if she can be more rounded/bush-like.

The only one of those on your list that I have grown is Golden Zest. I personally liked it so much more than it’s parent, Golden Celebration.

Dave, I love Golden Celebration and have grown it since 2007. But your beautiful Golden Zest really moved me. First, I checked HMF, and then Google Images where I found a 14 year old Garden Web thread about this rose and more beautiful photos. This thread is currently at the top of the Rose Gallery if any of you want to view it. Anyway, Dave you're so lucky to grow this beauty. So now the big question is: Where do you find it???? And tell us more about Golden Zest and your other roses. Thank you. Diane

Thanks Diane. I had to leave it behind with about everything else in Missouri 😩. It probably wouldn’t survive my winters where I am now but I am tempted to grow it in a pot and overwinter it in the garage. It’s more upright than GC but still “shrubby”. I generally liked it’s fruity fragrance but once in a while I’d get a black pepper fragrance that was odd. It didn’t seem any more disease resistant than GC but it thrived more for me. RU is the only nursery I know of that carries it.

Thanks, I'm surprised that RU carries it. That's too bad you had to leave such a gorgeous thing behind. I hope you like Wyoming--that's quite a change. I live next door in southwestern Idaho, semiarid desert, in the Boise Hills, but we're in zone 7, thank heaven. Diane

Good grief, Dave, for some reason, I thought you were somebody else, maybe new. Of course, I know you just moved. Geez. Senior brain. Forget the explanation about Idaho above. I'm embarrassed. But I still love your Golden Zest, and am surprised others don't grow it. Diane

You are just great, Diane - don’t feel embarassed. Forum members are coming and going, moving, Houzz profiles change or disappear - I don’t expect anyone to keep track.

@MasLovesRoses_z8a GA - if your open to other suggestions, another soft yellow I really liked was Imogen. It’s an underdog rose but had good vigor, was healthy, repeated well for me, and had a consistent moderate floral fragrance. It’s only weakness was the blooms didn’t last very long but that didn’t bother me with this rose.

I am putting Lemon Spice back at the top of the wish list. I’m including Imogen too. What a beauty! I planted Golden zest this week and can’t wait to see it bloom. 😍

I also would vote for Golden Zest, but it’s also Otha only one in the list I grow. I got it last fall from RU and the blooms this spring are beautiful, strongly scented and it’s nicely vigorous.

It starts off stronger yellow but fades quickly to a softer butter yellow. The blooms lasted 7 days on the bush and were fragrant until the end.

I have Golden Celebration and Lemon Spice in zone 9b S. California at 2000ft. I am inland about 30 miles, but can see the ocean from my balcony if the Santa Ana winds blow the smog out to sea, so it’s basically a straight shot for the nighttime marine layer to come in. This moist cool air in a climate with no rain is what powdery mildew loves the most. The PM pressure here is very high. Golden Celebration has perfect healthy foliage on a nice rounded shrub with leaves to the ground, but tends to only have a Spring and Fall flush. Lemon Spice blooms pretty much year round, but gets just a touch of powdery mildew. Lemon Spice has the exact same growth habit as Mr. Lincoln with tall straight upright growth and bare naked legs that are very low thorn. Both LS and GC have a divine and strong fragrance. Lemon spice smells like cloves and cinnamon. GC smells like lemon and myrrh with a little old rose thrown in. Both roses have thinner petals that wilt in triple digit heat.

Golden Celebration, spring flush

Lemon Spice

That's a beautiful Golden Celebration, Stephanie. The growth habit is perfect and I love the big, fat bloom. Lemon Spice is a lovely soft yellow. I'm jealous you get such a wonderful scent from Golden Celebration. I've grown GC since 2007 and love it, but our dry air really messes with most roses scents. I have to bring them in the house to really smell them, and sometimes that isn't enough.

My Golden Celebration is pretty much a continuous bloomer. Despite a hard prune in spring, it quickly grows to about nine feet tall. It makes a great neighbor to Boscobel. My roses aren't blooming yet in this arid zone 7 Idaho. So, I'm forced to repeat last year's photos for now. Diane

I’m really liking the new HT Chantilly Cream. It’s a large substantial durable bloom with a pronounced citrus fragrance.

I can think of very few super long lasting roses that also have strong scent, and this is especially unlikely for a yellow rose, since many of them are quite fleeting.