Karl Ploberger. Search on this forum for a great thread started by Moses. I can't copy it at the moment.

I can tell you about April Moon and Prairie Harvest, both off which I grew years ago as own root roses.

Here is how they performed for me before they were shovel pruned after a trial period in my garden:

April Moon's blooms are small, 3", and more white than yellow. The bush is not particularly vigorous, but does bloom a lot. The flowers quickly go to full open with confused, distorted center petals annoyingly concealing an attractive orangy boss, progressing to that point from a reasonably attractive, but fleeting exhibition stage bloom. I found the small flower, insufficient petal count, and unattractive full open stage unacceptable. There was no fragrance of merit to speak of.

Prairie Harvest was a weak grower. The flower fried in the sun. The color was a dull, creamy amber color, not yellow. It was strongly fragrant, though.

Vaporvac suggests Karl Ploberger, a very promising rose on which I posted an inquiry in our forum a little while ago. I hope to give it a try some day soon. Follow Vaporvac's lead. I don't think it will disappoint.

Moses

I don't know anything about health, but WL is gorgeous and has the best scent of almost any rose I've smelled. It seems to be hardy to Z5 as it's grown in The Columbus Park of Roses in Ohio.

I've had 3 of the roses you listed. Morden Sunrise....not that vigorous & always came down with black spot. April Moon & Prairie Harvest....much the same assessment as Moses except my PH (own root) was vigorous growing. Also PH has a very good smelling fragrance (not all fragrant roses are a good smelling in my opinion) similar to its parent Sunsprite, so I in my opinion worth considering if you want something with fragrance. You mentioned Julia Child, I've also grown her but she had a significant black spot problem in my yard. 2 yellows that I'd suggest looking at are South Africa & Lemon Fizz, both very black spot resistant in my yard. SA has prolific & golden yellow blooms. LF has a clear yellow bloom plus good winter hardiness.

Julia will do great in Iowa even without protection. It's my first pick for roses!

I vote for JC too. A new yellow for me that has done extremely well is Yellow Brick Road, a Ping Lim rose. It still has lots of gorgeous blooms (my other roses are winding down). It's also very disease-resistant, the leaves are still very clean. I'm very impressed. HMF says it's hardy to 4b.

I'd go with Julia Child or Golden Celebration. Of course, in my zone and with a dry climate, my recs are pretty meaningless to you. I grow Morden Sunrise, and it has lovely blooms, though it's not as high on my list as Julia and GC. Diane

Julia Childs is hardy without protection for me in northern Illinois. She is not cane hardy here but is crown hardy. In the warmer winters of the 90s and early 2000's there was usually at least some good cane left but not a lot. Her canes are sometimes green after winter but the insides of those cane are usually not clean or healthy. But even with pruning to the ground after a few years she regrows to around 3 to 4 feet in my garden. Mine are all own root. Give her a few years to establish a good root system in order to see the best health. I do agree that many years ago JC used to black spot for me. But with all my roses spot anthracnose is a bigger problem here.

I currently have ten yellow rose varieties all in the disease resistant range. Of those JC is the blooming fool of the bunch. Followed closely by South Africa but as said above more golden than yellow. Than Yellow Submarine and Yellow Brick Road both Ping Lim roses that are very heathy. They do fade quickly thou but very healthy.

I'll be back.

Three more really good yellows here for me are Lemon Fizz, Sparkle n Shine and Artful Anna. If you wish to know more about any of these just let me know.

Now the ones that have not worked.

Prairie Harvest and April Moon - It used to be hard to find Buck roses that were not virused. While this does not seem to be a problem in some areas for me they made for weak growing roses. Anyway they are not here any more.

Karl Ploberger - has not done well here yet. I have two neither one is doing well. Will likely be removed unless something changes soon. Next year will be their 3rd year.

Morden Sunrise - Beautiful flower but the shrub was a back spot nightmare but now that I spray fungicide once a month maybe it would work.

Lone Star - might remove it in spring.

Solero - Still does not like my garden but gives enough good days that she stays for now.

Golden Fairy Tale - Slow to re-bloom. Took one of these out years ago. Have no idea why I replaced it again besides that I'm nuts.

Oso Easy Lemon Zest - has been a disaster for me.

Rose of Hope - At first I hated this rose but this year it started to show some real improvements in the bloom. I just looked at it this morning and she is gorgeous. yippee

Sunny Sky - I moved mine last year as it grew much larger than I expected. Blooms are very large but not many of them yet.

Poet's wife - I'll give it more time it is in a bad spot. I did take out the very large arborvitae's that were in that area. There was not enough water to go around.

Good so far but in their first year,

Winter Sun - bloomed a lot in it's first year and very much reminds me of a yellow Mother of Pearl. I think I'm going to like this one.

Tupelo Honey - Gorgeous bloom but I had to move it as it grew and grew and grew. I'll see what it does next year. Sometimes a good Illinois winter slows these guys down a bit.

Seems there are more than I thought.

Prairie Harvest was more white here with just a hint of yellow... The plant itself was disease resistant here... Plant was own root and grew strong here...BUT the blooms were short lived on the bush, petals fell apart 48 hours... Did not bloom enough for me to warrant keeping it... SHOVEL PRUNED!

Julia Child is wonderful here...:-)

You all have given my a lot to think about. I really value your comments and suggestions. It is hard for a novice to make educated decisions based on the beautiful pictures and descriptions that the retailers provide. Thank you!

I had Julia Child's in UT. I think it was Z5. She was my first rose. Loved her.

Crazy suggestion: buy 2 or 3 different varieties, plant them and judge which is #1. Shovel prune the 2 losers and give them away. You win and your friends/family receiving the losers are happy to get a gift. Win, win.

DVS, doesn’t sound like a crazy suggestion to me. I may just give that a try as I know it will be difficult to narrow down to one.

I visited Chamblees in Tyler last week and one of the ones I came home with was Sunbeam Veranda. It caught my eye because of the bright, bold yellow color. I have Lavender Veranda and its a really good rose, so thought I would try this. Sorry I cant tell you much about it except the brilliant yellow color. HELPMEFIND had good comments on it. Might be worth checking out.

Junco, we're in pretty similar zone 5 regions as I'm just over the border in Nebraska, although I think you have a bit more humidity in your region than we do. I agree that Karl Ploberger was a nice rose but wasn't hardy in zone 5 for me - the difference between zone 5 and 6 can be rather dramatic for some roses. Similarly, Light of Day and White Licorice have both died at least twice in rather warm zone 5 winters for me. I've just this year planted April Moon and Prairie Harvest so I can't comment on their hardiness but they do fade to cream pretty quickly. Most yellows don't stay yellow for very long, with a few exceptions. I have had absolutely no luck overwintering South Africa even in my virtual zone 6 spot, but maybe it's my yard since some folks colder than me have done OK with it. I also can't seem to keep Golden Celebration alive in about 5 tries, though it's supposed to be hardy here.

Good well-established yellows that are at least root hardy but relatively infrequent bloomers:

Golden Fairy Tale

Happy Child (VERY stingy for me)

Charlotte

Graham Thomas

Elina - this is the closest hybrid tea-type yellow rose that's hardy for me

Sunny Sky - only a bloom or two now and then

Rose of Hope (mine tends a bit toward apricot)

Sunsprite - this one stays a nice lemon yellow even in the heat

Sweet Jane - a phenomenally hardy large bush (5' each direction) that has a terrific spring flush but still doesn't rebloom very often later in the year

Good well-established yellows that are extremely hardy (to z4 and beyond for me) but fade to cream quickly

Teasing Georgia (relatively small blooms, floppy growth)

Yellow Submarine - pretty reliable and totally cane hardy Lim rose

Yellow Brick Road (the less hardy of these two Lim roses)

JP Connell (a Canadian rose that's mostly cream even to start out)

Lone Star (not actually long established but mostly cane hardy after its first year)

Good yellows that are hardy and stay yellow or gold

Doris Day - surprisingly hardy and frequent though not profuse bloomer that stays yellow

Tupelo Honey - I've been very impressed in its first year

Golden Zest - ditto, it's a very full Austin-type bloom that stays yellow

Ch-Ching - hate the name, love the rose and it doesn't fade much if at all

Julia Child (not yet a frequent bloomer for me, but youngish, also can fade to cream)

Too soon to tell about hardiness:

Henry Fonda

Hotel California

Solero Vigorosa (phenomenal one year then didn't come back after a couple of years)

Winter Sun

Morden Sunrise

If I were to narrow this down to two or three, I'd recommend Tupelo Honey and Golden Zest (if you like the fully double OGR look), or Doris Day and Ch-Ching (if you really want the golden yellow look) with Julia Child to go with either pair as a backup. Most of these hover around 3-4' for me, with Julia probably being the shortest so far.

Cynthia

I forgot to mention Golden Fairy Tale! I like it so much I bought a 2nd one to put in another flower bed. It is a super strong bush....grows tall for me here in Texas, not a wimp in our summer heat. Cant say that the flowers are a hybrid tea like shape, and they are about medium yellow but they really bloom a lot, very little, if any, blackspot. I think this would be a good one to try. I have Sparkle & Shine in a bed that has gotten overgrown with weeds and it is still hanging in there - going to transplant in in winter and give it a better spot - it blooms, is a pretty yellow. I might try Tupelo Honey - Chamblees has it in their sale bin for el cheapo - looks like it has octopus arms and might get really big and have never seen it bloom so passed on it my last trip there. Nacogdoches is a very bright yellow - I lost one and need to get another one. Oh, and just thought of Sunbright - an older rose. This gets tall, is stout, and I would love to get this one. My Julia Child is an own root, is tall and rather ungainly but the blooms are pretty. Think I will prune it back severely next spring and see if I can get a better shape out of it. Also, you might look at Antique Rose Emporium's group of Pioneer Roses - they are bred to be tough and there are some yellows in the group. I have Joe Woodard and it is growing well with little care. I used to have Mrs. Pierre S. Dupont at another home, and that was very pretty and seemed tough. More of a single bloom. Looked at it on Helpmefind.....think I want this one again.

In my zone 5 garden "Doris Day" is the best. Blooms profusely, and is a nice bushy type size, although it is not a tea rose it is very fragrant and healthy.

I like 'white licorice' but it is not very winter hardy in Kansas City z6. My mom grows it there and it dies back to the ground unless heavily mulched.

Gardenshine - I've been waiting to see how Doris Day is in the fragrance department before I buy it. Wow!! Excellent!!

Carol

I think WL has my favorite scent. I'll get it someday and baby it.

Bumping this thread because I'm looking for a continuous blooming, light yellow floribunda for a client.

Would love to hear how some of these roses have done over time.

Also love to hear if anyone has grown Light Of Day or Good Ol' Summertime?

A lighter colored floribunda that is amazing is White Licorice...and the fragrance is wonderful. :) :)

Diane's roses are obviously exceptionally wonderful...but WL is a good choice for a lighter colored rose.

I just wanted to mention Tchaikovsky as a lovely yellow.

Aaron - can you talk about its fragrance. :) :)

There is an absence of good large-flowered yellows in North America. A lot of light yellows, creams, and so on, but not many good pure yellows.

For floribundas, Sparkle and Shine is amazing. The OP said 5B so probably not hardy enough. But it is fragrant and more stable than Sunsprite.

Keep Smiling is my favorite yellow HT but its no longer available in NA. Also fragrant.

Toprose is an amazing intermediate... also unavailable.

Currently growing out True Friendship. We'll see how that goes. It's parent, Yellow Submarine, is a bloom machine, but its a light yellow.

Lemon Zest is basically a yellow border perennial lol.

Ordered Bring Me Sunshine this year. We'll see how that goes too. I rarely ever get Austins. About one every 7 years. Golden Celebration is actually nice here, but the plant is massive, so I never bothered. My Jude the Obscure was 7 x 7'. I don't need to deal with giants ever again.

Shockwave is deeper and more colorfast than Midas Touch here, although, it will eventually fade and give a pink hue. My plant has at minimum 100 blooms a year in their typical tea-shape. Clusters and not even and it will bloom stem on stem, which is good in this case. A powerhouse.

Oh, Sunbeam Veranda is about the same color as Shockwave, but it is shorter and won't bloom again until deadheaded. Mine is 8 years old now. Great rose, but it is very prickly, and the petals do not fall off. Since I rarely summer dead head, due to breeding and finding it mostly pointless, it blooms June and September. It is quite healthy here though.

I know that I like the scent on Tchaikovsky but I can’t remember what it was

Aaron - thanks...that's what I wanted to know...if the scent was worthwhile. :) :)

It seems like the popular consensis is the Radiant Perfume is a dog but I love that rose. He came as a mislabel and so I tossed it in a pot and he has proved to be healthy, wonderfully fragrant and s true bright yellow

Wow that's a really intense yellow Kristine! Gorgeous!

Thank you and the fragrance!!!

Kristine - I love that vibrant yellow!! My kind of rose!! So, if I ever see it, I'll get it. Thanks! :) :)

You would love the fragrance

:) :) :)

JULIA CHILD is awesome. It has everything that I am looking for in a Floribunda, Puts out gorgeous sprays of strongly fragrant, golden yellow globes, and almost always in bloom. Some complain about the color fading but I like the different shades that appear all over the bush at once. Nice vase life and perfect for a boutonniere. It is also not as upright as some members of its class and makes an attractive, rounded, medium sized shrub. If the foliage is left unattended, will get black spot and drop its leaves in August but rebounds in autumn. The foliage is certainly more resistant than most yellow roses and responds well to organic disease sprays. Also grows well on its own roots in decent soil. The only criticism I have is the mean thorns, but everything has at least one flaw. My profile pic is Julia Child.

I agree totally, Patrick, about Julia, of which I grow three--two grafted and one own root. I don't mind thorns on roses much, and I have a bunch that are way thornier than Julia. I also like the various shades of yellow on Julia, reflecting the age of a bloom. Luckily, no black spot here. So, Julia ranks about number one on my list of all the roses I grow. This makes my third post about how much I like Julia. Sorry for the repitition. Diane

Oh, SWOON, on your first pic!!! I don't think anyone grows JC as well as you do!!!

Julia is a great rose thst every garden should have. It repeats like crazy and is very healthy

My new favorite is Prarie Sunrise. I smile evey time I see this rose.

JC defoliates here. Like clockwork. Sparkle and Shine beats it in every dimension in NW Oregon.

Doris Day is not as good as either imo, except sometimes it throws HT blooms. Novel, but not good.

Jadae, my JC is not doing well in Seattle either, so I may need to replace it. How tall is Sparkle and Shine? Is yours ownrooted or grafted?

Feiy, I have one from Weeks and one from Heirlooms. It's medium-sized. All basals end with clusters, instead of going to Brazil like some newer floris. Relatively the same height as my Sunsprite, but about 25% wider.

Jadae, thank you. It seems to be a good replacement.

Junco,

Julia C is indeed a wonderful hardy rose! I am zone 6, but some parts if my property are zone 5. I love Julia C-she is winderful!, but has been growing in the shade & does well-very vibrant buttery yellow anyway! I olan to buy another to put at top of my cold front hill , because she is so hardy!

I have had many yellows & Julia C. is the most hardy. i gave up on Grahm Thomas. Teasing Georgia is too tall & leggy-floppy.

I love Roald Dahl, too, does well so far, but I can grow most DAs.

Bring Me Sunshine is a new DA. She is a vigorous one growing maybe 7ft & blooms a ton, says Ben Hamilton, on you-tube video. Very fragrant! I ordered this beautiful new golden yellow! Of all the DAs-yellow-she may be the best!!!!!! I hope!!!! I definitely woukd try her!

CLICK ON for BRING ME SUNSHINE,

NEW-David Austin rose,

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c88_sDKKRnI

DA photos enlarged….

Bring Me Sunshine rose

Also, a new favorite of mine is Effie, a David Austin florist rose, only found on Etsy. Mine has not bloomed yet, too new, but I was able to purchase a robust rose bush from JessiesRoses.com/ also on Etsy.

Effie is zone 5, a delicate rose, Etsy photos:

Enjoying it looks like Effie from the Hunger Games, Lol!

Have fun choosing your fav yellow rose!