My neighbor has a Lady Banks rose growing around his lamp post. I tried to get a close up of the yellow blooms. This rose is an early blooming variety. It is native to central and Northern China. It can grow quite tall. It is practically thornless, though it may bear some prickles up to 5 mm long, particularly on stout, strong shoots. The leaves are evergreen, 4–6 cm long, with three to five (rarely seven) leaflets 2–5 cm long with a serrated margin. The flowers are small, 1.5-2.5 cm diameter, white or pale yellow with semi-double or double petals. All Lady Banks' roses are said to smell of violets to varying degrees. The rose is named after Lady Banks, the wife of the botanist Sir Joseph Banks (after whom the Banks Peninsula is named
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