The French breeder Joseph Pernet-Ducher initiated the first class of roses to include genes from the old Austrian briar rose (Rosa foetida) with his 1900 introduction of 'Soleil d'Or.'

Rosa foetida, known by several common names, including Austrian briar, Persian yellow rose, and Austrian copper rose, is a species of rose, native to the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia.

Some, like the Persian yellow roses and the lilies, were considered sacred elements of the paradise gardens.

She has a collie, a pride of black-and-white barn cats, some Persian yellow roses and an old horse named Max; she also lives in extraordinary harmony with the natural world.

Rosa foetida has exerted great influence on the modern stock of cultivated roses, contributing also its susceptibility to black spot.

One variety, Rosa foetida var.

Rosa persica, not to be confused with Rosa foetida 'persiana'

Pernet was the first to cross breed hybrid tea roses with the Persian yellow Rosa foetida.

Using Rosa foetida in 1887, he and his father began developing yellow rose cultivars through a cross between a red hybrid perpetual and 'Persian Yellow'.

They mostly have Pernetiana blood - Pernet was the first to breed into hybrid tea roses the intense yellow colour and strong smell of Rosa foetida - and are not frost hardy.

The French breeder Joseph Pernet-Ducher initiated the first class of roses to include genes from the old Austrian briar rose (Rosa foetida) with his 1900 introduction of 'Soleil d'Or.'

Rosa foetida was imported to Europe from Persia (R. foetida 'persiana' being the name of one of its varieties), and was important to European horticulture since it had no native yellow roses.

Rosa foetida, known by several common names, including Austrian briar, Persian yellow rose, and Austrian copper rose, is a species of rose, native to the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia.

The new colour range did much to increase hybrid tea popularity in the 20th century, but these colours came at a price: Rosa foetida also passed on a tendency toward disease-susceptibility, scentless blooms, and an intolerance of pruning to its descendants.

Harison's Yellow, also known as the Oregon Trail Rose and the Yellow Rose of Texas, is a hybrid rose cultivar which originated as a chance hybrid seedling of Rosa foetida.