I planted Charlotte last year. So I cannot say much on bloom production or how long they last. But I never saw black spot on it and that is an issue here. Charlotte is rated as excellent for disease resistance. I also have Julia Child, it's a great rose. Prolific bloomer & very clean. But these are two very different yellow roses. But both are really nice.

Fabulous, dianela!

'Julia Child' is very good, and repeats faster than any Austin. 'Molineux' comes close.

Re: shattering. Keep in mind that for Austins, shattering is a feature, not a bug. In the mostly cool, damp UK climate a rose that holds onto its petals ends up being a grey glob of fungus. A rose that drops its petals cleanly is a virtue in that climate. It is a characteristic that Mr. Austin selected for in his hybridizing work.

thank you for the posts. Dianela ur garden is beautifu! And ur Charlottes look amazing! Hoov, I didn’t know that about Austin roses. I love talking to rose people I learn so much. This is a hard decision to make I’m really liking the look of Charlotte, but Julia child has a lot of good qualities too. Do u spray ur roses Dianela? You mentioned Yours get some black spot, does it take over, or is it a minor blemish ?

Something else I forgot to ask was fragrance. I like the fragrance of Julia child but didn’t get to see Charlotte in bloom, how is the fragrance on Charlotte?

Thank you hoovb very much for your nice comment. Julia repeating faster than any Austin sounds like the best thing ever. I really like how the petals of the Austins fall cleanly and I don't expect them to make great cut roses around here so I just enjoy them the way they are =) <-- Big Austin fan here.

Thank you Anthony, I appreciate it. I do love my Charlotte very much, but I don't recall it being particularly fragrant. I feel like all my Austins have some fragrance including this one, but Charlotte doesn't shine in that respect. If I spray faithfully she stays clean, but now that I haven't sprayed in a couple of months she has some blackspot, she is not covered with it. For example Olivia and Roald D are 100% clean, Boscobell is looking rough at 50% black spot, Carding Mill is 90% and about to defoliate while Charlotte may be at 15%. If you have space for both roses I would get both, otherwise if Julia is resistant to BS I would certainly give her a try after all the wonderful things I have heard about her. Hoovb's comment about Julia repeating faster than Molineux would certainly make me want to give it a try. Good luck with whichever rose you end up getting.

Thanks again Dianela! it’s a hard decision to make. I like the flowers of Charlotte but Julia child is a really good modern Rose . I’m bad at making decisions so I think I’ll end up getting both!

Charlotte and The Poet's Wife are both reasonably nice yellows. The Poet's Wife has the most fragrance as far as I can tell.

I have a first year Charlotte rose tree & a baby Charlotte own root rose - so far I love them, but it's really too soon to tell, and I don't get much blackspot in my area. (I do get a lot of powdery mildew, and Charlotte has stayed mostly but not perfectly mildew free.) The baby own root is still just filling out it's pot, but the rose tree had a good spring flush, and the blooms were lovely - they're a really nice lighter shade of yellow that blends well with other colors, have an attractive shape & pink-tinged buds, and lasted reasonably well for an Austin. Re fragrance, I would describe it as a pleasant fresh scent, but in my cooler climate not super strong. (It might be more fragrant in a warmer spot.)

So, for what it's worth, based on my very limited experience I say go for it - it's a beautiful rose! (Disclaimer: since my climate is relatively cool, I have no idea how it performs in the heat - one of the reasons I got it is that according to the DA website it's an "english musk hybrid", so I thought it might do well in my partly shady yard.)

Here's a few pictures from the rose tree (again, I just got it this spring, and it's still in a larger nursery pot):

Earlier stage bloom:

Later stage bloom (the red in the background in the last picture is a Darcey Bussell rose tree):

charlotte is a beautiful rose . It takes a few years for it to develop some immunity and so is true for all DAs.. I think...

I love my Charlotte tree rose, this is her second year with me. Last year some how she didn’t give me any bloom at all. This year she is doing so well, just finished her first flush end of last month, now she having loaded of buds and new grow branches and so healthy. I think the bloom is last almost a week and for me I think her fragrance is not strong.

The first and second photo was her first flush in May 19
The last photo was last week.

Molineux is a gorgeous rose. It has bits of peach in it so it’s not a true yellow but it’s healthy and hardly any black spot. I love it.