The early Chinese species yellows. R. hugonis and R. primula are the two I have, but there are others. A solid cloud of yellow in the spring, followed by excellent foliage for the rest of the year.

Molineux, although the problem here is Rust, not BS.

Just to follow on Mad-Gallica's note on R. Hugonis: the material speciman (really a tree) in a nearby public garden seems to be bullet proof in the bs department.

I have Solero Vigorosa and Golden Fairy Tale are spot less. Sunsprire was superb in past years, but this year went almost naked. If you count in golden hued roses, South Africa and Lady of Shallot are great for me in the bs resistant department. I don't spray for funga.

Michael talked about the genetics of yellow in early thread. I cannot seem able to bring it up on my blackberry

Julia Child has the best black spot resistance of any of my roses.

Molineux is a wonderful yellow/gold/apricot/cream colored rose and is better than average in BS resistance--but it could be better. There will be a couple times during the season when you will probably need to spray it. Austin's Lady of Shalott is supposed to be even more disease-resistant, but like Molineux, I find I need to help it along with a couple sprays or it will get BS.

My best bs resistant yellow/cream/white is the grandiflora Elina. She is thorny as the dickens, but one of the better re-bloomers in my garden--and a bigger and fuller bush also. Occasionally I may give her a quick spray just to be on the safe side, but most of the time she has little or no BS problems.

Kate

I would definitely agree that Julia Child is disease resistant. My Sunsprite seems to be resistant, along with Ch-Ching and Midas Touch. They may not have had a true test of disease resistance though, since this is only their second season and we've had below average rainfall.

I've got the same kind of BS pressure as you do, I don't spray, and Reve d'Or is one of the cleanest roses in my collection. I bought her as a 1 gallon this spring as she is growing like gangbusters.

The other yellow that is very clean is Lady Hillingdon. I got her as a band last spring, planted her in the garden last fall. She died back to the ground over the winter and came back as a nicely shaped 2'x2' bush. She was clean until September when things got so dry. She's not on the irragation so got a bit of BS with the stress. Still kept most of her leaves so I consider that a very good showing.

The third yellow-ish I have is Marianne a once blooming, apricot blend, climber. That one came as a band this spring then was put in the ground 6 weeks later to spend the summer in a holding garden. I didn't watch it quite as closely, but it was also pretty dang clean.

Carefree Sunshine

I see lots of BS in upsate NY. My Cl. Yellow Sunflare is completely BS free in this, its' first year. It remains to be seen if it can survive the winter. I also grew Cl. Sunflare in CA, where it was also rust and mildew free. Be aware that the clones currently in commerce in the US are infected with RMV; mine is from Palatine in Canada and so far I have not seen RMV markings. It has shiny, green foliage with a waxy look, inheirited, I think, from Capt. Thomas a few generations back. The sport parent is a seedling of Sunsprite,

I would second Climbing Sun Flare which is very clean in my mom's Coastal California garden. Julia Child is great regarding disease. Jeri Jennings has been clean for me, but my understanding is it isn't good for areas with high blackspot pressure.

Jay

Midas Touch and Yellow Brick Road have been disease resistant for me so far, but I've only had them since April of this year. Few of my roses aren't naked now from blackspot, so I'm especially impressed with Midas Touch as it's a hybrid tea to boot! Yellow Brick Road is part of the Easy Elegance collection, which is known for disease resistance and is the reason I bought it. It doesn't hold up very well in rain, though, and it fades to white, unlike Midas Touch.

My sunsprite and Nacogdoches are over 3 years old and have been BS free, my sunsprite smells good too. I planted Julia child this summer and she has had a very minimal amout of BS right after I planted her but I picked off the BS leaves and cleaned up around her and she has been clean since.

For me, Golden Unicorn, although I lost it to RRV.

New this year- Julia Child seems to be very healthy and seems to quickly shrug off the small amount of blackspot I've seen. Molineux also seems to do fairly well. During extreme heat and humidity I do see blackspot with considerable leaf loss but it seems like it recovers as soon as the weather changes. It may be that this will improve as it settles in.

Reve d'Or. Mine is a baby, and is still putting on height and size. It has grown from 8 inches tall and wide to 10 feet tall and 6 feet wide in the last 18 months. Not a speck of BS or rust, or mildew or anything. Not sprayed, needless to say.

Jackie

South Africa - golden yellow, from Palatine this year

2nd "Sunsprite" aka Freesia aka Korresia. David Austin's site practically gushes over it

Here is a link that might be useful: Korresia from David Austin

Molineux HAS to be sprayed here. Not recommended if you are not going to spray.

:o(

I know, I know. Sigh.

I have very few roses in the yellow shades, but there's one clear winner in the "perfect foliage" department -- hands down, it's 'Golden Buddha', bred by Paul Barden. It probably won't ever be taller than 24", but it's lush and full -- and the flowers are huge. I live in New Jersey, and I don't spray any fungicides except for a Cornell mix for any that get a touch of Mildew in Spring (which doesn't affect this rose here). There are a couple of my pics of it on its HelpMeFind page.

'Lady Hillingdon' was also very healthy last year, getting spotty leaves only by mid Autumn. This year, it had to come back from the ground, and while it put on some nice growth, it got spotty a little earlier in the season than last year.

This year I got 'Happy Child' by David Austin, as a band from Heirloom Roses. It's still a baby, but it has also been very healthy. Its foliage hasn't been perfect, but it was far better than some others this year. It never went naked, but did have some spotty leaves here and there -- not enough to be an eyesore by any means, but not "perfect" either.

:-)

~Christopher

Julia Child, as everyone before me has mentioned, is amazing. Terrific disease resistance on a generously blooming and fragrant plant.
I second Solero Vigoroso as being completely blackspot free, as are my three plants of Kordes' Lemon Fizz. Very healthy roses, all.
Sunsprite is less conclusive. I have two plants within the same bed. One is completely clean and the other has blackspot troubles. The diseased one is not naked, but it is noticeable.
Last year I was impressed with my four High Voltage roses in the front bed, but this year not so much as all contracted black spot to some degree. I may have not watered them as much as they need so I will try next year to do better and see if that helps.

I think spacing is a big key. If I had to do it all over again I would keep my new roses in pots a year or two, see how black spot prone they are for me, then plant them in their intended spot. I have four Julia Child against a fence. For so many people I hear Julia Child is their best rose to not get blackspot. On the other side of the fence I have Courageous roses, which were said to be good against blackspot but get it early on each year. I think because they get it, it spreads to Julia. My Julia never get it "first". From Courageous getting if first it spreads like fire through all of my roses in that section of my yard. I have 5 courageous, I love the bloom and the scent, they're staying and so I spray. Year after year I get lazy towards the end of the season, don't spray and blackspot goes crazy and everything has it.
Over the last year I started a tea garden on the other side of my yard, nothing gets blackspot yet and I'm thinking of just continuing my hobby with mostly antique teas because of where I live.
I can't help you with yellows, but just thought I'd chime in with my thoughts as I think now if I had my Julia Childs elsewhere in my yard they would have been healthier.

Another with a soft spot for yellows & yellow blends, always interested in reports of those that excel in fungal resistance. In this seasonally hot or cold but typically humid garden with high blackspot pressure, Golden Celebration & Autumn Sunset are healthy without spray or other fungal intervention. Both bloom frequently & generously & smell good. Lemon Meringue, a sport of Autumn Sunset that's a blend of creamy & medium yellows, graced this garden for a spell & proved equally resistant to blackspot. Don't recall what caused its demise, but looking for an own root replacement, as those more easily deal with freeze thaw issues here. Julia Child from Chamblees this Spring is doing well. Two grafted Kordes' Golden Gate picked up locally early in the season have stayed clean so far & look very promising. An own root gallon Buff Beauty new from Monticello at the Wine & Roses event showed two cuttings & was divided - both doing well. Although BB had blackspot when I chose it, I'd wanted this rose a good while & decided to see if it might outgrow it. Picked off the affected leaves & grew them on in pots near other roses. Happy to say neither showed black spot again nor did their neighbors. This late in the season, that's certainly encouraging.

mzstitch, we had 2 Courageous rose bushes a few years ago and they both blackspotted really bad in our location also...

Easy Going is the most prolific blooming and most disease resistant rose of any color that IâÂÂve ever grown. I had two until losing one to RRD earlier this year. Never without blooms and one of the very few modern varieties that can be grown completely no spray here without blackspotting. Better than Knockouts (which will blackspot here). Not as fragrant as Julia Child, but an even better bloomer and better disease resistance in my garden.
IâÂÂm thinking of adding Doris Day next yearâ¦a new 2015 WeekâÂÂs introduction (Julie Newmar X Julia Child) that they are marketing as having excellent disease resistance & strong fragrance. Looks like a pretty yellow in pictures.

Easy Going:

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In May (this is the one I lost to RRD in August):

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My surviving Easy Going â¦in the heat of Augustâ¦rarely has any fewer blooms than this:

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Pat, your Easy Going is wonderful. I've never seen one before, though I read positive comments about her on this forum. I'm so sorry you lost one to RRD.

Kate

'Alchymist' a Florabunda hybrid is clean, but our condition favor powdery mildew, and blackspot only is a problem when it rains, and we have 3-4 months of drought each year.
'Summer Sunshine', a H.T. from the 1960's, golden yellow, doesn't fade in the sun, interesting wood color and texture which show influence from the Pernetiana group, decades earlier. I've had it for 9 months and never seen blackspot on it.
Reve d'or, no blackspot but some p.m..
Lady Hillingdon, no blackspot but some p.m..

Luxrosa

For me, it`s South Africa. The most admired rose when visitors come by. Never a spot of disease and always full of blooms.Pat, that East Going is outstanding. You sure have the green thumb!

Thanks Kate! I really hated to remove it, but it was planted very close to my other Easy Going with Hot Cocoa in between them and all intermingling by end of season...so didnâÂÂt want to risk the others getting infected by just cutting out the RRD. Lesmc, your South Africa is beautiful! I always drool over your picturesâ¦not sure why I havenâÂÂt tried that one yet.
Also, I should clarify that Easy Going is my most bs resistant modern rose. Most of my OGRs have only been in my garden a year or two. So far, the teas Perle des Jardins, Souvenir de Pierre Notting and Mademoiselle Franziska Kruger have been very clean in the yellow category.

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Will "their" best yellow hybrid tea rose do?

I don't garden in England, of course, but we all know that the English love roses as much as the rest of us.

Anyway, they have a relatively new award for roses that theoretically sets such a high standard for roses that it's called the Gold Standard Award.

One of the most recent recipients is a yellow.

By the way, that stripey that also won in 2013, I told ya about a while back.
Here: 'Raspberry Cream Twirl' aka 'Raspberry Twirl'

Here is a link that might be useful: 'Gold Standard' Roses of England

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And then there's also that pretty well kept secret ADR winner that didn't get an alluring name change when it came to the US.

In the creamy light yellow category:

Here is a link that might be useful: 'Karl Ploberger Rose'

Just wondering-are you saying you do not use any fungicide at all? I kept my Julia Child blackspot free through summer last year because I used a systemic. However, this year I tried not using anything and got lots of blackspot by mid summer.
I am in SC, we have lots of heat, humidity and usually frequent rains.

I have about 25 different varieties of roses. Year after year Julia Child is usually covered in blackspot by mid-June in our hot, humid climate in Texas. I begin a routine of spraying with fungicides when new leaves first emerge, but the blackspot always appears on Julia Child.

I thinking of replacing it with another yellow.

Some photos show a pink David Austin Bathsheba but mine was consistently yellow,

one of my all time favorite healthy continuous blooming roses.

@Bob Francis, ive read that Karl Ploberger is a good yellow.

Julia Child has been great for me, own root better than grafted one.

I also grow The poets wife, and life of the party which opens yellow then turns pink. Both have been very clean with very little BS.

Vanessa Bell black spotted horribly in a pot last year but so far planted in the ground its been good this year but it's still early.

Roald Dahl is clean as well so far.

Autumn sunset is currently recovering after being cut back and grown in a pot all last season do to the move but is also very disease resistant.

New this year are solero vigorosa and karl ploberger so time will tell.

So far but also new, Bathsheba has been yellow. I'm hoping it becomes more pink or Apricot as it gets older

The poets wife

Julia Child

Vanessa Bell

Graham Thomas

My best yellow are Golden Celebration and Teasing Georgia. They form a good size shrubs and got lots of blooms. Molineaux died last winter after a few years and Julia Child and Graham Thomas has been doing okay in my garden.

I’ve had good luck with both Austin‘s ‘Golden Celebration’ and ‘Yellow Buttons’ here in blackspot central PNW. Not 100% clean, but very, very good. ‘Buff Beauty’ is good here, and my young Barden rose, ‘Jeri Jennings’, is looking very promising! I might be inclined to check out some yellow Teas from ARE. Many grow happily in TX. (I grew up in TX.) Carol

I would second the Chinese species Rosa hugonis and Rosa primula as being highly disease resistant without spray so far in my humid, Z5b Great Lakes area. If anything, I have trouble with sawfly larva devouring the leaves, but no spotting so far. They're still babies though- R. primula was a bareroot from Hortico last year and my R. hugonis is a baby band from High Country Roses.