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Plant Profile: Rosa 'Golden Showers'

Names

Golden Showers

  • Photo of Rosa 'Golden Showers' (Rosa 'Golden Showers's)

Phonetic Spelling:RO-zuh

Genus:Rosa

Species:

Family:Rosaceae

Golden Showers is a robust climbing rose that produces large, semi-double yellow flowers continuously during the growing season. This variety is nearly thornless, making it easier to handle, and can be cultivated as a shrub with appropriate pruning. It thrives in full to partial sunlight and prefers moist, nutrient-rich soil, although it can also adapt to less fertile and clay-based soils. After flowering, it yields vibrant orange rose hips.

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Rosa 'Golden Showers' Feature Summary

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Tags

#showy flowers
#full sun tolerant
#fragrant flowers
#rose
#yellow flowers
#climbing
#trellises
#double flowers
#rose hips
#garden walls
#bee friendly

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Rosa 'Golden Showers' Feature Summary

Attributes
Rose hips can be used to make tea or jelly.
Perennial
Woody
Fruit
Orange hips form after blooms
Flowers
5-6 inch double yellow flowers in clusters that fade to light yellow or cream and are followed by orange rose hips.
Gold/Yellow
Cream/Tan
Spring
Summer
Fall
more than 20 petals/rays
3-6 inches
Leaves
Glossy dark green foliage.
Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
Whole Plant Traits
Ground Cover
Rose
Climbing
Cultural Conditions
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Acid (<6.0)
Neutral (6.0-8.0)
Good Drainage
Coastal
Mountains
Piedmont
5b
5a
6a
6b
7a
7b
8b
8a
9a
9b
Clay
Loam (Silt)
Sand
Landscape
Cottage Garden
Rock Wall
Vertical Spaces

Rosa 'Golden Showers' Attributes

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Edibility

Rose hips can be used to make tea or jelly.

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Life Cycle

Annual
Biennial
Bulb
Perennial
Woody

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Recommended Propagation Strategy

Division
Grafting
Layering
Leaf Cutting
Root Cutting
Seed
Stem Cutting

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Climbing Method

Clinging
Scrambler
Tendrils
Twining

Rosa 'Golden Showers' Fruit

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Fruit Description

Orange hips form after blooms

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Fruit Type

Achene
Aggregate
Berry
Capsule
Caryopsis
Drupe
Follicle
Legume
Nut
Pome
Samara
Schizocarp
Siliqua

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Fruit Value To Gardener

Edible
Fragrant
Good Cut
Good Dried
Long Bloom Season
Long-lasting
Showy

Rosa 'Golden Showers' Flowers

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Flower Description

5-6 inch double yellow flowers in clusters that fade to light yellow or cream and are followed by orange rose hips.

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Flower Color

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Cream/Tan
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Gold/Yellow

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Flower Inflorescence

Catkin
Corymb
Cyme
Head
Insignificant
Panicle
Raceme
Solitary
Spadix
Spike
Umbel

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Flower Value To Gardener

Edible
Fragrant
Good Cut
Good Dried
Long Bloom Season
Long-lasting
Showy

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Flower Bloom Time

Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Flower Petals

2-3 rays/petals
4-5 petals/rays
6 petals/rays
7 - 20 petals/rays
asymmetrical petals
Bracts
Colored Sepals
fused petals
more than 20 petals/rays
Tepals

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Flower Shape

Bell
Cross
Crown
Cup
Dome
Funnel
Irregular
Lipped
Radial
Saucer
Star
Trumpet
Tubular
Urn
Wheel

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Flower Size

1-3 inches
3-6 inches
< 1 inch
> 6 inches

Rosa 'Golden Showers' Leaves

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Leaf Description

Glossy dark green foliage.

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Leaf Color

spa
Green

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Leaf Type

Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
Fronds
Needles
Sheath
Simple

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Leaf Arrangement

Alternate
Opposite
Other/more complex
Rosulate
Whorled

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Leaf Shape

Acicular
Auriculate
Cordate
Cuneate
Deltoid
Elliptical
Filiform
Lanceolate
Linear
Oblanceolate
Oblong
Obovate
Obtuse
Orbicular
Ovate
Palmasect
Palmatifid
Peltate
Pinnatifid
Pinnatisect
Reniform
Rhomboidal
Spatulate
Subcordate
Subulate

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Leaf Margin

Crenate
Crenulate
Dentate
Denticulate
Doubly Crenate
Doubly Dentate
Doubly Serrate
Entire
Lobed
Serrate
Sinuate
Undulate

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Hairs Present

No
Yes

Rosa 'Golden Showers' Whole Plant Traits

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Plant Type

Annual
Bulb
Carnivorous
Edible
Epiphyte
Fern
Ground Cover
Herb
Herbaceous Perennial
Houseplant
Mushroom
Native Plant
Ornamental Grasses and Sedges
Perennial
Poisonous
Rose
Shrub
Succulent
Tree
Turfgrass
Vegetable
Vine
Water Plant
Weed
Wildflower

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Habit/Form

Arching
Ascending
Broad
Cascading
Climbing
Clumping
Columnar
Conical
Creeping
Dense
Erect
Horizontal
Irregular
Mounding
Multi-stemmed
Multi-trunked
Open
Oval
Prostrate
Pyramidal
Rounded
Spreading
Vase
Weeping

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Growth Rate

Slow
Medium
Rapid

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Maintenance

Low
Medium
High

Rosa 'Golden Showers' Cultural Conditions

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Light

Dappled Sunlight (Shade through upper canopy all day)
Deep shade (Less than 2 hours to no direct sunlight)
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Soil pH

Acid (<6.0)
Alkaline (>8.0)
Neutral (6.0-8.0)

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Soil Drainage

Frequent Standing Water
Good Drainage
Moist
Occasional Flooding
Occasionally Dry
Occasionally Wet
Very Dry

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Available Space To Plant

12 inches-3 feet
12-24 feet
24-60 feet
3 feet-6 feet
6-feet-12 feet
Less than 12 inches
more than 60 feet

Rosa 'Golden Showers': NC Region

Coastal
Mountains
Piedmont

Rosa 'Golden Showers': USDA Plant Hardiness Zone

thermostat
5a
thermostat
5b
thermostat
6a
thermostat
6b
thermostat
7a
thermostat
7b
thermostat
8a
thermostat
8b
thermostat
9a
thermostat
9b

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Soil Texture

Clay
High Organic Matter
Loam (Silt)
Sand
Shallow Rocky

Rosa 'Golden Showers' Stem

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Stem Is Aromatic

No
Yes

Rosa 'Golden Showers' Landscape

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Landscape Theme

Asian Garden
Butterfly Garden
Children's Garden
Cottage Garden
Cutting Garden
Drought Tolerant Garden
Edible Garden
English Garden
Fairy Garden
Garden for the Blind
Native Garden
Nighttime Garden
Pollinator Garden
Rain Garden
Rock Garden
Shade Garden
Water Garden
Winter Garden

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Design Feature

Accent
Barrier
Border
Flowering Tree
Foundation Planting
Hedge
Mass Planting
Screen/Privacy
Security
Shade Tree
Small groups
Small Tree
Specimen
Street Tree
Understory Tree

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Landscape Location

Coastal
Container
Hanging Baskets
Houseplants
Lawn
Meadow
Naturalized Area
Near Septic
Patio
Pond
Pool/Hardscape
Recreational Play Area
Riparian
Rock Wall
Slope/Bank
Small Space
Vertical Spaces
Walkways
Woodland

Rosa 'Golden Showers': Attracts

Bats
Bees
Butterflies
Frogs
Hummingbirds
Moths
Pollinators
Predatory Insects
Reptiles
Small Mammals
Songbirds
Specialized Bees