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Comments (5)I have both and love them both, to me JCs blooms are more petal packed, in more of that antique rosette style bloom, and so the petals are smaller just because there are more of them. HGL has an antique shape to it as well, but more "fluffy" for lack of a better term & with larger & slightly less petals. For me HGL has more solitary blooms where as JC blooms more in clusters, since JC is a floribunda & HGL has been deemed a grandiflora, that makes sense. Also, JCs blooms don't fade as quickly for me as those of HGL, which can almost look bi-color in my garden because the tips of the petals go so distinctly white but stay yellow in the center, I notice yours doesn't look like that so maybe that won't apply to you, my HGL is in full sun...but so is JC... so that may or may not be your experience depending on your sun exposure. JCs blooms start out slightly more golden tone than HGL, and when they do fade after a couple of days, the whole flower fades at the same time, not tips first like my HGL. Also, HGL is much less fragrant than JC in my garden. Both of them are amazing at producing flowers, they are two of my best bloomers! Even in the summer heat! I hope this gives you some useful info! Jessica...See MoreDo you have Julia Child yet?
Comments (2)Thanks Ingrid. It has been growing well but no flowers since April. Took its time getting settled in. My pictures aren't the best but this is a sweet little rose in real life isn't it? On the heels of your suggestion I think I'll cut a few and bring them into the kitchen. Kate...See MoreAnyone Growing Julia Child or Cherokee Purple?
Comments (22)Some background on the variety Julia Child. Gary Ibsen at Tomatofest asked me if I had a great tomato variety that I hadn't distributed seed for that he could name and offer in honor of Julia Child. But he wanted exclusive rights to it. It turns out I did have a great variety at the time, but I don't give exclusive rights to anyone. At the time the variety had been called Perry's Teasum b'c I'd been teasing folks here at GW with how great it was but just couldn't get enough seeds, thanks to the deer, to list in the SSE Yearbook or to distribute here, when I used to do my seed offers here. When I had enough seeds I decided to share with others what goes into naming a variety and started a thread here and gave all the background information I had about the variety and 22 folks posted in that thread and I sent seeds to all of them as a thank you. The name that we came up with was Neves Azorean Red, which indeed has become a very popular variety. I don't know what variety Gary ended up with that he named Julia Child. Carolyn...See MoreHardiness zones for Julia Child?
Comments (10)My JCs are own root, third year bushes, growing in zone 5/6 W. PA, with sporadic snow cover, which means snow cover cannot be relied upon to insulate against the winter. The first year no winter protection was provided. They died to the ground, but came back respectably. At the end of their second year of growth, 2015 season, they were bigger than they were after their first year. Good sign. Since they died back to the ground after their first winter, I decided to protect them last fall. A collar of heavy roofing paper filled with pine bark mulch was used. This past spring when the JCs were uncovered there was dieback until about 6 inches above the crown, unlike their total dieback their first winter. This year's growth is about equal to their growth last year, their second year. Does this mean the winter protection provided last winter was unnecessary even though some above ground growth was saved? One would think so, but if they had not been protected this past winter, they could have been killed, or cut back so far that they regressed in growth. There are so many variables as to how successfully a rose will survive winter that it is very difficult to predict what the outcome will be. I've had severe winters with minimal dieback and mild ones with severe dieback. I think the periodic warm spells during winter cause more winter kill than one would think. I intend to winterize the JCs again this winter. What have I got to loose? Any advantage a rose gets helps. I would advise you to give your Julia Child maximum protection. What's the harm? BTW If you have more than one Julia Child, are they then Julia Children?...See Moreksgreenman
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