Hi goncmg! Our old Summer Sunshine was starting to get woody and also suffered from a gopher attack. Though it is still hanging in there, I decided to pick up a new plant, as insurance, upon seeing them in late winter. Less than two months in the ground and newb SS is over a foot & a half tall, full of leaves from top to bottom, and has given us six nice blooms with five more buds ready to burst. It truly is a great yellow rose imo and seems to be making a deserved comeback at the big box and hardware stores.

For yellows, we had to look backward in time to get enough good prospects when originally planning the garden. Lowell Thomas does quite well for us. It's mannerly, blooms early, and smells nice too. Soeur Thérèse is an old pernetiana with no form but is a blooming fool. Though a decade newer than SS, Allspice is a massive plant here. With huge canes that fill with sunny golden flowers. It's rudely healthy, though not for a small spot. Buccaneer grows well here too, but one ten foot tall yellow is enough for me. :) St.Patrick does very well in this high desert climate. As does Kordes Limelight. But both, especially St.Pat, tend more toward chartreuse than medium-deep yellow. Though I don't currently grow them, I know people in this area that have had luck with New Day and Helmut Schmidt.