Dianela, I dont have Golden Opportunity but look at the parentage and the breeders, how could you go wrong? The color is amazing!

Kristine those are details I noticed that made this rose impossible to pass up. I will report back this year on how it does, I am so excited to try it.

Ohhh and they say it is fragrant to boot 😄

Dianela I am so excited to learn what you think of the fragrance-such an important trait to me

Its in my list for coming season as well.

Wow thank you BenT. It your help me find picture of this plant that actually really sold me on getting one. I was highly impressed to see the perfect shiny foliage and large blooms on such a small plant.

The full bush shots are very beautiful and definitely something special on a plant of this color range.

I apologize for all the posts, now that I am using the app for this site I can’t figure out how to edit my comments to add anything. I am looking for a glorious rose for my futures home front door and the contenders so far are.
Bathsheba
Peach Melba
Golden opportunity
Colette
Heavenly ascent

Of those I have Bathsheba, Heavenly Ascent and Colette. Of those three I would have to say Bathsheba. She is just so great at everything-health, fragrance, vigor….

Ben, what an incredibly bloomy rose and that color !! I wish that I had room for a climber.

Daniela, out of your list I have ordered/planning to order:

Peach Melba
Golden opportunity
Colette

You might also consider Polka, also ordered for this saeson.

Ok I lost my comment. Oursteelers thank you. Bathsheba is my be of all time favorite Austin’s. I said I wasn’t going to buy any roses this year as I will have to keeping them in pots. So of course I ended up still ordering several. I made this to visualize their colors together (missing Colette). I am going to test them for a year to see how they do with black spot before adding them to my garden.

I will definitely let you know if any are particularly fragrant

If it is anything like autumn sunset it should look and smell great! Are you adding any deeper colors to the mix in the future? I would ask you to name them but that is quite a few!

In order from left to right
Soumbreuil, heavenly ascent, delta gamma heritage, Big Ben climbing rose, Gruaud Larose, Rosenfazination, Courage, Kosmos, The Pride, Anastasia, Meine rose, Sonnenwelt, Cream veranda, Adam, Tranquility (a gift from my friend Jen “lilyfinch” 😄
Guislaine de Feligonde, Marianne, Belinda’s blush, Belinda’s dream, Bliss, Being me sunshine, Coquette des Blanches, Easy Spirit, Cloud 10, Golden Opportunity, Snow Pavement, Franziska Kruger, Mel’s Heritage.

Sorry I hope I got them all correct and the typos aren’t to terrible.

I added several hot colors last year like Vulcano and Meteor. I also got several Flamenco rosita and 3 Bordeaux cityscapes. Vulcano specially was the highlight of perfection in my garden.

I don’t understand why I can’t edit my comments to correct my misspellings

Dianela, were you surprised by Delta Gamma Heritage? I only got it because ARE was raising their prices so I wanted to get it just in case I would want it later.

I can’t really explain why but it really made an impression on me. Maybe because I got Dmitri Hvorostovksy and was kinda repulsed by its fading blooms and DGH’s faded prettily.

The blooms had more….romance than I expected, the fragrance and health was great. Gotta say I don’t remember when I was last surprised this much by a rose.

Dianela, do you have the 3 little dots at the bottom of your post?

Kristine no little dots on the App. I have them on the web browser but then I can’t type on the site. I can type using the app but then no correction or edit options show. Do you use the app? Do you have the dots in the app? I wish things would work a bit smoother.

Oursteelers this will be my first year with Delta Gamma but your words are very welcome. It looks lovely and I am hopping it does great. I am glad it does well for you and I hope it can stand up to the black spot .

Rhis is the second year of Golden Opportunity in my garden. The blooms get very big and show deeper golden color

I got it from HCR last year. The plant is quite stiff so I am a little doubtful how it will climb

It looks like a happy, uplifting rose, and what incredible beauty at maturity . I hope it works great in your area and that you enjoy it for many years.

All I can add is some extra consolation, if you find any in good company. Like your next 'responsible' rosarian I made the vow too this year - no more! - only to see it go down the river.

I added:

Double Easy Orange

Easy Does It (a second one, I love this rose too much)

Don Juan Climber

Janice Kellogg

I had a Princess Alexandra finally arriving this spring which I had ordered a year before, so this one doesn't count. :)

I also ordered a small/band New Dawn before I found Don Juan, which I don't know what to do with now. I shouldn't have.

So much for vows, but now I am preparing a new rose bed in the back yard. Surreal what this rose bug does to people.

Golden Opportunity has proven to be a really great variety. Only my 2nd year, Big full blooms, great branching, perhaps the best repeating climber in any color, always in bloom.

Wow Ben thats spectacular! I am sooo glad I have one now.

My Golden opportunity died to the ground this winter. I have discarded it and in her place planted Peach Melba. Maybe I will try another time.

Sorrrry to hear that. I wonder if it's the influence of Julia Child. I grow her other parrent, Autumnn Sunset, who has proven extrememly harrdy. I love Autumn Sunset, but she is not as petal packed as GO. Good luck with Peach Melb and do report back. :}

Vapor Peach Melba is a wonderful rose. I just transplanted it to my new house. It is blackspot proof and growths 7 to 8 feet in a single season. I am not sure it has any scent so that may be its flaw.

Has Golden Opportunity's resistance to black spot been reported as being excellent?

Can it be grown as a shrub, cut back to 8-10" growth each spring?

Will it be winter hardy in zone 6?

Thank you!

Moses.

Moses it appeared to die to the ground due to the cold in my winter so I am not feeling very confident about it. The piece under the ground was green and it was own root, but I have no interest in growing roses that have to start over every year. Very good on blackspot the year i had it. Hopefully some one in a cooler zone has it and can comment so I can feel like maybe mine was a dud and I can try again.