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Julia Child/yellow blooms/black spot

12 years ago

I. Love. the Julia Child rose.

I have a pot that grew a tomato last year. I really want to grow JC in it this year but I'm afraid it will get too big and hang way out of the pot.

I was reading up on it on "help me find" and someone said that hardy large double blooming yellow roses are difficult to find for zone 5. Is this true? I would over winter in my garage, so would this issue apply to me? I love white and yellow blooms and this makes it sound like yellow + zone 5 = disease.

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tapdogly
12 years ago
I am growing a JC in a container that I used to grow Cherokee Purple. As long as your container is big enough, it should be fine as JC should be a fairly compact plan. You can always repot if the container turns out to be too small, but I doubt you need to do it this year.
seil zone 6b MI
12 years ago
I had Julia in a pot for a couple years and it did fine. It was about 2 X 2 feet in the pot. This will be it's first full year in the ground so I'll be interested to see if it gets bigger. It does black spot some but not very bad at all. And the silly thing blooms its head off!
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Mariou, What region of the country are in? Most California rosarians do not have to deal with the rampant black spot typical in my zone 6b garden. Their biggest problem is mildew. If you garden in the Mid-Atlantic, for example, you will have to contend with the worst fungal pressures in the country. Roses that are completely clean - no spray - in places like Petaluma CA will defoliate elsewhere. I do not have Julia Child but I have grown Happy Child for years. It is pretty little rose, approximately 2.5 feet tall with an loose, open growth habit. Good repeat bloom and truly lovely flowers. Fragrance is moderate to strong, and Tea-like. The foliage is rather unusual looking, resembling spinach leaves. In my region black spot can be a problem but is resistant to other fungal diseases. To prevent defoliation you would have to spray it with a fungicide every two weeks to control the black spot. About my only real complaint is the vigor. Without disbudding during years one and two, an own root plant will limp along never maturing. It is also a wee bit more sensitive to the cold than your typical English Rose. I lost one during a particularly cold winter, which I quickly replaced in the spring. You would too if you ever saw the blossoms. The yellow color is extremely pure without any secondary tones. Very few roses combine fragrance with such clear, canary yellow color. You can purchase an own root plant of HAPPY CHILD online from Heirloom Roses. Good luck, Patrick
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Love your pictures of JC--so pretty! I have Sunsprite and Julia Child for my yellows. Sunsprite is drop dead gorgeous in the Spring, but the blooms blow in a minute in our hot summers. I even have it in a semi-shady place. Julia Child is an absolute work horse and pumps out blooms ALL season long. Mine has started blooming and probably has another 30 blooms waiting in the wings. She did get some BS this Spring because she was sitting next to Ingrid Bergman who caught it from Don Juan. She's missing her "skirt" right now, but doesn't seem to mind.:) Just LOVE this rose! Denise
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seil zone 6b MI
12 years ago
Oh, I forgot to add that it winters like a champ!
the_morden_man
12 years ago
Julia Child is not particularly hardy even for a yellow Floribunda. Better than some, worse than others, so about average. It is a beautiful and floriferous rose and the fragrance is also very nice.

However, the blooms fade very quickly from bright yellow to light yellow and it is rather blackspot prone in my garden.

If you want a truly hardy yellow rose that is almost disease immune and blooms just as well as Julia Child without the quick fading, then it would be hard to beat 'Golden Fairytale'. Its fragrance is not as strong as JC however and it grows much taller and upright. Almost Hybrid Tea like, but does eventually form a nice upright shrub.
flaurabunda
12 years ago
Elina/Peaudouce is very robust in Illinois---I've seen huge specimens of it growing in several gardens I've visited north of I-80. It's healthy & hardy. Don't believe the HMF classification of 7b; I believe 5 is more appropriate. That being said, it may not be exactly what you're looking for. It's not the glamour gal that Julia Child is. Elina is a very subdued yellow and whenever I've seen it, I'd call it more "off-white".

I grow St Patrick instead, which I've heard can be a stretch for my zone, but it's doing fine. What do other folks think about that rose if she's going to overwinter it in a garage? If bright yellow & double form are the criteria, it fits.....but it's not as strongly scented as Elina.
MojaveLove
Original Author
12 years ago
White and yellow blooms are my favorite, so any shade in between are fine with me :)

Part of what I love about the JC rose is the different shades of yellow. BUT I've never actually seen one in person.
Kippy
12 years ago
I have a recently transplanted Julia Child Tree rose, so far of all of the tree roses we got (from a new neighbor who did not want them-house was just flipped) this one has put out the most flowers. But they are pretty small. Guessing that is from the harsh treatment for the past few months.
milleruszk
12 years ago
Julia Child was my biggest disappointment last year. This is a highly touted rose that is supposed to be disease resistant. Mine developed a bad case of black spot and lost most of its leaves. As I have a no spray rose garden it will be replaced.
saldut
12 years ago
Julia C. is a great rose in my garden, in Central Fla. BS ground-zero......she does get a bit, and her blooms do fade a bit, but she never stops blooming and never stops looking good, I now have 3 of her right in the front-center of my biggest-bed, and am thinking I may get several more, she is so good.... sally

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