Gold Colored Roses

Very Short Gold Roses

Name	Class	Cold	Breeder	Rating
Holy Toledo	Miniature	Zone 5	Christensen	7.6

Moderately Short Gold Roses

Name	Class	Cold	Breeder	Rating
Harvest Fayre	Cluster Flowered	Zone 4	Dickson	7.9
Redgold	Cluster Flowered	Zone 5	Dickson	7.2
Sonora	Cluster Flowered	Zone 6	Boerner
Yellowstone	Cluster Flowered	Zone 4	Olesen
Golden Celebration	English Rose	Zone 6	Austin	7.8
Whiskey Mac	Large Flowerd	Zone 5	Tantau
Gold Medal	Large Flowered	Zone 5	Christiansen	8.6
Kambala	Large Flowered	Zone 6	Armstrong

Moderately Tall Gold Roses

Name	Class	Cold	Breeder	Rating
Liselle	Large Flowered	Zone 5	de Ruiter

Climbing Gold Roses

none

Rambling Gold Roses

none

Comments

When Whiskey Mac was introduced it was among a number of roses named for distilled spirits. The spirit distilled into these roses was that of gold. And this they captured well. Yet many gold colored roses, especially the brightly colored ones, tend to grow weakly and/or they are ravished by disease. These roses have the allure of gold; but some gardeners - especially those who just want to plant roses and enjoy them may find that when it comes to roses all that glitters is not gold.

Pictured is Whiskey Mac growing in a garden in San Jose. A favorite feature of the rose is how the purplish foliage so nicely complements the flowers. When this color category was conceived, it was with this rose in mind. Gold Medal is more yellow; and Golden Celebration is frequently less saturated.