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jjpeace, I was talking to my hubby about the Julia Child. I've heard it is prolific & disease resistant. I"m thinking with the size of that one & the Dick Clark I could easily replace my 3 bushes with those two. I hope someone in the Milwaukee WI area chimes in on this.

I don't have a red or yellow rose suggestion, but can recommend St Cecelia as a great replacement for Heritage. Very disease resistant and seems to be constantly in bloom. The blooms last quite a while on the bush, unlike Heritage which blow quickly. Btw, I live in the Milwaukee area.

Do you know where you can get this (unless Julia Child is more disease resistant then this one) cuz I'm really wanting a yellow rose bush.

I'm about an hour south of you and I have Julia. Does well for me here, dies back to the ground but comes right back. It is one of the first roses I bought - I love yellow and the scent is great! Got it at Stein several years ago, bet they have it this year too.

http://forums2.gardenweb.com/discussions/1660663/how-to-save-roses-with-rust-on-every-leaf

I have a link to a disease (including rust) resistant rose list in this thread.

Unfortunately, (althought the thread was informative) it mainly dealt with shovel pruning, spraying, picking off leaves & rust in California. I"m in Wisconsin, and don't think the rust is as bad as it sounds over there--yet these 3 bushes are bad. One--a Heritage (David Austin) used to be one of my healthiest bushes for many years, no disease, lots of flowers all season. now it is but a shadow of what it was. It is half dead, the other half I just finished picking off mostly rust leaves. Then we have the Bianca (David Austin) that also was a beauty, disease resistant & ever flowering for many years. That one is covered in rust leaves & the leaves have turned very light green. Very few buds also. Finally the culprit (that I believed started the rust) is what I think is a Lincoln. This and another Lincoln (which has some rust, but lots of buds & other than the little bit rust--the foliage looks good) did so beautiful with gorgeous red roses for about 15 years. Now this one Lincoln that had turned into a rust bucket has enough rust going on this season AGAIN, and NO buds. I feel guilty, but have come to the place where I just need to replace them with something disease resistant. Haven't gotten a lot of response as I was hoping. I probably will go with the Julia Child and another Dick Clark. They get bigger, but hopefully if I put two bushes where 3 were--that will give enough space between the two new ones. I have always covered the bud union.

Savannah and Fiji, I don't have to many HT type roses. I noticed those seemed to be the type that you had. I do have a whole yard full of very disease resistant roses. But I can not be certain about rust. You could check on line site from the coastal pacific northwest for ideas as well.

Heritage for one is a rust bucket. Its the only rose I've ever had that got rust. When I saw this on her the second year it left the garden. I've never seen it since even in the cold, soppy, sunless year we had last year.

Patty, the thing for me was Heritage was one of my healthiest bushes for many, many years. Maybe I'm bad, but I just can't baby these 3 horrible looking (no matter how I pamper them) bushes. I'm just wondering if I am adding two BIG of bushes next to each other (Julia Child & Dick Clark). They will replace the Heritage, Bianca & Lincoln spaces. HELP

Miracle on the Hudson is a nice red, not sure if it's the right size for you though. Figi did well for me too. If you venture into pink, Party Hardy is a rock star.

Julie so happy to hear you mention Party Hardy. The only reason I did not get that one Is not enough information on it. They also kept mentioning that it preferred cooler weather. Did not know what it would do in our version of heat and high humidity.

I am really looking for more either florabunda and/or hybrid teas.

Nick I'd take them out if they had rust nearly every year. I take out perennials that rust twice. The first time I cut to the ground and destroy the material. The second time their out. Rust is as ugly as something covered head to toe with white mildew.

Your probably not crowding to much just need rust resistant roses. I'll look around and see if I hear of something you might like.

Yeah, these 3 bushes did this 2 years in a row, maybe even 3. I know just from my own first hand experience that the Dick Clark I planted 2 years ago is doing phenomonally well. No disease, lots and lots of repeat blooms. People have commented on how disease resistant the Julia Child is also. I just don't really want anything that is not either a florabunda or hybrid tea. The David Austin take up a lot of room & those are the two dying rust buckets. The red roses I'm not even sure what it is I planted the two so long ago. They look like a Lincoln rose when doing well. Gonna try to post a picture when they were in their prime. Also my Dick Clark.

I live in Kenosha and I have Julia Child. She isn't blooming yet for me this year, but is full of buds. This will be her 3rd year in my garden. She blooms non stop for me and I haven't had any issues with her. Although, I have never had rust in my garden either.... She is now about 3-31/2 feet tall. The blooms open very yellow, but they do fade. I'm including some pics of her from last Summer. She is in the bottom front left side of the 1st and 2nd pics.

I have a ton of Austin's and now quite a few Kordes and Meilland roses.

Very, very pretty! I see you have lavender roses also. I've only had 2-3 lavender rose bushes over the last 24 years--2 bushes lasted about 2-3 years, one lasted ONE season. I love the look, but they just don't want to live long for me for whatever the reason!

That is Love Song. It will be her 3rd year as well. I put in all of the roses in the front of my house 3 Summers ago. This year they are getting huge, finally. Well huge for us Northerners that have everything die to the ground every winter....

My Love Song was gorgeous for the one and only season it lived when I planted it. I think it had something to do with the branches starting out from the bud union. I couldn't plant the bud union under the ground cuz of all the branches growing from it. Here is a picture of the beauties blooming the one and only season, and the goofy bud union.

Nick you just have to buy the whole graft, branches and all!

Hcarnevale, may I ask which rose you have on your trellis? Lovely garden!

Patty when I get home I will take a pic of Party Hardy - it's big with canes that are starting to arch and just loaded with blooms.

Dingo, it was such an awkward bush. I never in my life came across a bush like this. There were too many branches to bury, and they were coming from all angles off the graft.

Dingo, I actually have 2 roses cuddling on that trellis. The Alchymist and Crown Princess Margareta. I'll post pics as soon as they decide to bloom this year. It has been cold here so my roses are just starting to bloom.

Are there any red or yellow hybrid teas that are very, very disease resistant?

My Julia Child is the ONLY rose that gets black spot. Early, frequently. I have had very good luck with all the Easy Elegance roses.

Wow? Am I back to square one now.... Everyone and all the research I have done makes it seem like Julia Child bush is a 'god' in disease resistance. That does not sound good at all.

I know! Which is why I bought 3 bushes. One of them, in my perennial bed gets bs late in the season but the other two get bs to the point that I am considering removing them. I don't have any trouble with my Kiss Me or Sunrise Sunset, Kashmir, Como Park or my Weeks rose Drop Dead Red. If you want a good hybrid tea style red rose Drop Dead red and Kashmir have been good in my bs magnet garden in humid hot SW Ohio at the height of summer.

i have had good luck so far with all my Kordes roses and with Belinda's Dream ( touch wood).

Rust is a significant disease in Germany and Kordes does select against rust as well as black spot & powdery mildew. You should find good resistance to rust in the Kordes varieties introduced 2003 and later.

Julia child's resistance is regional most areas she's great but there are a few locations where she isn't as resistant. For me she's very healthy and blooms continuously and has a great wafting fragrance,

Julia has been great for me. Here is Party Hardy - looked better last week, need to deadhead.

And another good one - Hardy and disease resistant, always has blooms - Music Box

Julia has been great for me. Here is Party Hardy - looked better last week, need to deadhead.

And another good one - Hardy and disease resistant, always has blooms - Music Box

Nickjoseph, I would have buried that graft at least 4-6 inches under the dirt. I planted a whole bed of 6 grafted Perdita this year that looked just like that. The canes were only 5 inches long above the graft so they went into the dirt up to the end of the canes. Here is a photo of them now, 2 months later. There would be many roses on them, but I picked them off to let the plants grow. Perdita is a blooming machine.

Rebecca