Greetings from new member & Introduction to my roses-Julia Child
KhaVi
11 years ago
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Best Yellow Floribunda? Sunsprite? Julia Childs? Another?
Comments (25)I am so happy someone asked this, as I also LOVE yellow roses and since I am very new at growing roses in general I am always looking for new suggestions for yellows. I have both Shockwave and Julia Child, and it is extremely hard to choose between them. To me it honestly depends on which is more important to you, vividness of yellow, or scent. The color on Shockwave is an amazingly vivid Crayola-yellow, the color doesn't fade until right before the flower blows, they last surprisingly long on the bush, and it seems to produce buds continually. They aren't the most fragrant yellow, there is a pleasant mild fragrance that I definitely enjoy, but Julia has it beat on the fragrance side of things. Shockwave also seems to have more of a hybrid tea habit, it is much taller and skinnier than my Julia (but she's still young yet) Julia is my newest rose and hasn't really had the chance to show me what she can do in terms of volume of blooms, but the few she has had so far have been very lovely, they are a much richer butter- yellow color, fading to soft yellow and eventually to white as the flowers age. So far the flowers seem to last a little longer on shockwave, but I think it's too early yet to really tell. My Julia has a decently strong licorice fragrance that I have heard will only get stronger as the plant ages. I can't wait to see her in full bloom, about 12 buds popped up out of nowhere in the last day or so, and she has only been in the ground for about 2 weeks! That HAS to be a good sign :) I have a midas touch HT that is growing up from a bare root I planted this spring, it seems to be growing fairly slowly, but that is probably my own fault because I had to move it from the original planting location (shame on me for my incredible indecisiveness) It seems to be finally putting on some more growth, hopefully it will continue to do well, I will update as it comes along. One more thing, my least favorite yellow award has to go to Happy Go Lucky, although the blooms are beautiful, and the foliage is a lovely bright glossy lime green, the flowers both loose color very quickly and don't last long on the bush at all. When it blooms only the inner half of the rose is truly yellow, it starts turning white from the edges in before the flower is even halfway open. It does flower fairly continually, so I will probably keep it around for a while, but it certainly isn't my favorite. I took a chance on this one, it was a new rose from Weeks this past year (I think) and I couldn't find any reviews on it anywhere, and I bought it on a whim. It was described as being a rich non-fading yellow, but certainly does not live up to that in my garden. Oh well, maybe she will get better with age. I think if I really HAD to choose, I would probably go with shockwave, purely because I LOVE that bright lemon yellow, it just puts a smile on my face. BUT, I am super glad I don't really have to make that decision, because I'd much rather have BOTH. I don't know if I really helped with your decision at all, but I hope so! I'm sure you will fall in love with whatever you end up with! Jessica....See MoreJulia child's needs a companion
Comments (20)I agree that JC will go well with many roses. It depends on what colour effect you want. If you want more complementary colours than yellow will go well with reds, orange and pinks but in similar shades or hues. A strong flaming red for example may not go well with a soft yellows especially yellows like Austins roses. If you want contrasting colours then JC and Ebb Tide/Twilight Zone will work well together. I am going to see how JC does in my garden. She is in her first year and will bloom soon. If it does well, I will get more for my garden. I am always looking for a good disease resistant strong golden yellows in my garden. I love Austins roses but I find his yellows very washed out. I am definitely not a fan of the creamy washed out colours....See MoreJulia Child in mid December.
Comments (37)fduk, for what it's worth my first try at Julia Child was sum what like yours. I started with three of them. In their third year I could not take any longer and began too dig them up. They did not grow well and defoliated every year from black spot. Mine where own root. I dug up the first two and thru them near the compost pile. Did not have the heart too pitch the last one. So I moved it too the empty lot. There it could do what it wished without bothering me. Yeah, It change from a mouse into a princess.She now showed no disease and has beautiful blooms. I just sighed telling her I suppose if I move you back too the yard you will not look like this. She stayed in the lot for years. I'm reasonably sure the only difference was the amount of sun. She's now back in the yard as a neighbors tree finally grew too large. Another neighbor removed a tree providing a very sunny spot in the yard. Mine will never resemble Diane's beauty or that in San Jose ect. but she is now a beauty in her own right. Finally bought 4 more....See MoreStiletto, 2020 hybrid tea introduction by Meilland, through Star Roses
Comments (11)@Moses, Bumping this thread, though it's not that old. I have two own-root Stiletto younglings (quarter-pot starter size) recently planted at the start of June. In just three weeks time, I already had a few blooms and they were exquisite. (I wish I would have taken photos, but I will next time, which will probably be soon - given new bud formation again). Although it is certainly much too early to make any solid statements about the overall performance of this rose in my scorching-hot and humidity-soaked zone 8A central Mississippi summer climate, I can in the meantime decisively confirm at least one particular quality that has surprised me: Stiletto blooms appear to last a few weeks! The petals do not fall off as the rose ages (unlike a number of roses which unremarkably "shatter" within a few day's time of unfirling). I've not noticed a SINGLE petal coming loose with Stiletto, even in full sun and after being inundated with the heavy downpour of a severe thunderstorm. Instead, the petals slowly harden off, gracefully drying out (not unlike some dried rose arrangements), and finally the entire flower head shrivels up, inevitably browns, then falls off at the node-neck break ("self cleans"). Throughout this transition, in full summer heat and scolding Sun, the rose color shifts as it ages; first, opening in a voluptuous plum-red (mostly red with hints of a violet cast, reminiscent of Santa Rosa plum skin color), then turning a more decidedly bold magenta, and ending with a provacative yet aggreeable purple at the onset of its drying out as it approaches browning. Hence, at the very least, it can be said that Stiletto demonstrates EXCEPTIONALLY stable blooms. I've not seen a rose hold on as tenaciously yet gracefully as this one [in recent memory], based upon over three dozen rose varieties currently in my collection to make that comparative assertion. Stay tuned for additional assessments to come, and some planned posted images....See Moreserenasyh
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