I feel sorry for this little rose. It is doing its very best.
It was bought for the Bon Viveur, who loves yellow, as I do.
We have some tall chimney pots on our supper terrace (4 in all). They used to have Morning Glory in them and I got fed up with it (I still have it on the balcony, which I only use in the morning and the evening, due to the heat).
So I bought two small climbing roses from David Austin in 2016 (the other two pots have clematis).
They have been at their absolute best this year. The Bon Viveur never saw them, but last summer, when I was raving about what a pretty little rose it was, I asked him for his opinion. ‘It’s not my favourite’. Less than satisfactory and I speak to them every day to compensate. They are nearly up to the balcony and, although going over now, will flower again later, but never as beautifully as this.
Garden Dreaming at Châtillon 
I still miss the hybrid tea roses.
I love all roses, Tony. And HTs do indeed have a special charm. Only 3 here: ‘Mr Lincoln’, ‘Pascali’ and ‘Grandpa Dickson’ (the last dieing as I write, although I speak to the Grandpa daily!)
Oh, Mr. Lincoln is rad. I grew it decades ago, about 1984 or so. It might still be in that garden.
So they are growing in pots? They are doing so well in them – shame the BV is less than enthusuastic about them..!
Yes indeed, in pots. My husband has very high expectations. I will win him over to more subtle pleasures.
For roses in pots, they’re doing pretty well! It’s hopefully going to be a good year for roses here, too.
They were lovely – now gathering themselves for continuous flowering after that extra special early effort. It WAS a good year for roses here – and I really enjoyed them. Storms have finished the last efforts of the old, once-flowering off. But the others have a summer to come! And their roots will have revelled in all the rain we have been having.