Rosa banksiae lutescens

 >From: Tom Chakas <tom.nuthill@worldnet.att.net>
 >Subject: Teucriums
 >Sender: tom.nuthill@postoffice.worldnet.att.net (Unverified)
 >Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1996 03:36:38 +0000
 >
 > I have heard of a pink-flowered form of Teucrium fruticans seen by Warren
 > Roberts in Spain.  Does anyone know of this and is it available in the US?

 Hi Tom -

 This is also I plant I'm hunting - let me know if you find it!

 >     Also, on the subject of elusive plants, where can I find the yellow,
 > single-flowered form of Rosa Banksiae ('Lutescens')?
 >
 >                                             Tom Chakas, Berkeley, California
 I had been looking for this Rose in the past, and your note prompted
 me to check yet again - and to my surprize, I found it!

 Heirloom Old Garden Roses (24062 NE Riverside Drive, St. Paul, OR
 97137; (503)538-1576; catalog $5) apparently now lists it in their
 1997 catalog!

 For those of you who don't know it, this single yellow form of the
 more common double Lady Banks' Roses is reputed to be strongly
 scented.  The small, delicate flowers are a warm yellow orange with
 deeper stamens.  I have only seen photos, but it looks very charming
 and the Lady Banks' Roses grown exceedingly well for us here in our
 SF Bay Area climate.

 This rose is assumed to have been introduced into Europe for the
 first time from La Mortola, the famous Riviera garden of the
 Hanbury's.

 The more common forms of Lady Banks' Roses are the double white (R.
 banksiae banksiae) said to be strongly scented of violets, though I
 can barely detect the scent, the double yellow (R. banksiae lutea) -
 a scentless, warm yellow, and the single white (R. banksiae
 normalis) which is assumed to be the original wild plant native to
 5,000ft in Yunnan, Shensi & Hupeh, China.  This final plant was
 introduced very early (1796) to a Scottish Castle garden, where it
 never flowered and was therefore not recognized.  Only many years
 later, when cuttings of it were grown in a Riviera garden, did it
 come to be known!

 All R. banksiae forms grown about 12ft tall, with nearly evergreen
 foliage (in our climate) and virtually thornless stems.  They make a
 wonderful rose for an entryway for their clean and healthy
 appearance (as roses go) all year 'round.  Desireable for mild
 climates and not reliably hardy to cold elsewhere.

  H O R T U L U S  A P T U S - 'a small garden suited to its purpose'
  Sean A. O'Hara
  710 Jean Street, Oakland, CA  94610-1459        sean.ohara@ucop.edu
  (510) 987-0577
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