Available from - High Country Roses www.highcountryroses.com
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I have not been able to get the best out of my St. Patrick, although it seems to be improving. My plant is own-root from Roses Unlimited and is now in its 3rd growing season. It does come through winter OK but just doesn't have the vigor I would like to see. I ordered another last year on multiflora from Palatine and that plant was slow to start last year but made it through winter and is just now finding its way. So I still have hope.
This pic is from 2 days ago - my best bloom on St. Patrick yet.
A uniquely high quality yellow hybrid tea. While most large yellow HTs open and drop their petals too quickly in hot weather, St Patrick is extraordinarily long lasting, and opens slowly and holds its most attractive high center form forever...a quality that cannot be over appreciated if you live in the South. It also shows its most unique characteristics...a chartreuse green edge, a pink center ...best when weather is warm. When cut inside, the color actually turns a deeper, almost golden yellow. Once in a while you’ll get a completely chartreuse green bloom. A rose with many interesting variations, all of them very attractive. The bloom also retains good size and petal count in heat. It grows with excellent vigor and disease resistance. In my opinion, easily the best yellow HT or grandiflora.
Honestly, I think my St. Patrick is going to get the "Mommie Dearest" treatment this spring. I bought it because it has all these qualities that we seek in roses, but it just leaves me totally cold. It's like buying a Camry. Great qualities on paper, but it lacks emotion. I still recommend it to everyone that wants a great, yellow rose...or just an easy rose in general.
What a great rose this has been in Houston. I would say the only drawback so far is the fact that the blooms last so long on the bush (they last just as long in a vase, which is good) that you almost have to cut them off to encourage rebloom and growth. Otherwise, the blooms just stay on the bush for what seems like an eternity. Other roses will bud, bloom, and the petals fall off long before a bud on St. Patrick is even 1/3 open. I also think St. Patrick has gorgeous foliage that really compliments the coloring of the rose. As long as you don't have to have fragrance, St. Patrick is an absolutely excellent rose.
