Is this Julia Child?
Hutchae84 Zone 8b/PNW
2 years ago
I l've had this rose for a couple of years and my SIL who very much loves roses and has a few JC as well thinks my rose came mislabeled. I thought I'd get your opinions. And if it's not JC, any idea of what it might be? A few close ups on the bloom and then a picture of the entire place. She does get rosehips in the fall. The blooms usually change shade to a yellow after fully opening.
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dianela7analabama
2 years agoHutchae84 Zone 8b/PNW
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How big does your Julia Child get?
Comments (40)What fun to see this thread pop up again. Kristine, your Julia in the photo above looks wonderful. My own root Julia, which was one year old (a bit above in the photos) is a lot bigger, but nowhere near as large as the two grafted Julias in front (I've grown them since 2006 or so--the year they were first sold). What I've noticed with the own root is that it does not bloom nearly as much as the grafted roses, and the blooms are somewhat smaller. The growth habit is beautiful and own root Julia requires little pruning. But my gardening friend, and superb grower of roses, will probably take own root Julia for her garden. I need the space for my only plant of Rouge Royale, currently growing out in the middle of nowhere, and I want to see RR in a flower bed. It's always in bloom. So, it may be byebye to own root Julia. As for the two old grafted Julias, they are bigger than even and totally healthy. They are at least 7 feet tall and very wide--in spite of lots of pruning in spring, which takes forever because of the number of canes. These Julias have more canes than any other rose in my garden. Here are some pics from 2021. Diane...See MoreKarl Ploberger or Julia Child?
Comments (27)You and me, too, Bob. I regretfully, just a few weeks ago, dug out my mature Julia Child bushes because of their considerable black spot issues. Spraying for disease is no longer an option in my garden. Everything disease prone is getting shovel pruned.... just a handful more to go...and why not commit this drastic deed? There are so many disease free/highly resistant new rose varieties at my disposal to replace them, that makes it an easy decision to make, although expensive. Of course, Kordes seems to be on the cutting edge of introducing disease free roses. Look at the multitude of ADR winners they have introduced in recent history. Then, Meilland roses are not far behind Kordes. Austins? Aside from Olivia Rose, I can think of no other roses Austin has introduced that resists black spot sufficiently to thrive in my garden. Sadly, other than a handful of American rose breeders' output, other than Radler's Knock Outs, offer much in disease resistance that I have found dependable in that department. The beautiful, vigorous roses from Weeks, the product of Bedard's considerable breeder's skills, just are not dependably disease free in my garden. The only two 'yellow,' rose varieties I currently have, and am happy with, so far, are Moonlight Romantica and South Africa (really gold). South Africa is great for disease resistance, but the blooms are short lived....still a good rose, and not 'shovel pruning material.' Moonlight Romantica is fast becoming a favorite. It gets huge. Mine is currently growing as a climber, started as a tiny liner three yrs. ago, and has spread 8 ft. across a 4 ft. fence and is still growing. The flowers are huge, well formed, long lasting, and quite fragrant, AND unlike most climbers that take their time getting flower productive, MR has wasted no time pumping out blooms, and repetitively, from early on. It could be that being classed as a hybrid tea by Meilland, it has a HT's drive to bloom. Hope your plans with getting a really disease resistant/proof yellow rose pans out. Moses...See MoreStill no signs of life in Julia Child
Comments (11)perennialfan275 I'm in northern IL like you, zone 5a. This is the worst winter in a decade. Yesterday May 9, I took a short walk around my block and counted 8 dead street trees from this winter of freezing rain and temp. down to 20 F mid-April. My street tree in front started to sprout tiny buds yesterday, so it's not dead. After this warm week of 89 F to 90 F, I will dig up the dead roses without any green shoots. Julia Child is on sale for $9 in a 4" pot from Hirt's Gardens today May 10. Here in Northern IL, It's tons of freezing rain in mid-April that killed trees and roses. My 8th-year own-root Dee-lish in open space is down to 6 inch. green canes (last year it was 3 feet of green canes after winter). But my 2nd Dee-lish, planted under a roof-overhang that blocks 80% of rain, is 3 feet of green cane this spring. Same with my neighbor: her roses under a roof overhang are green to tip, but her roses in open air (receiving freezing rain in April) are down to 6 inch. My best winter-survival are roses under a roof-overhang, or the ones that I spent 1 hour digging deep for fast drainage. All my 150+ roses are own-roots, I have only 3 grafted-on-Dr.Huey, and these 3 grafted-roses have the worst winter-kill (died down to 4 inch. of only one cane. Grafted-roses on Dr.Huey prefer fast-drainage & alkaline and can't take tons of acidic rain. Freezing rain in April also killed $5 Pink Peace that I bought as bare-root from Menards & planted this mid-April....See MoreI'm watching the Julia Child Series
Comments (4)I watched all of season 1 and enjoyed it very much. I like how they have interspersed what they know of her personal life. She certainly garnered some very loyal and giving friends. I watch it on the streaming service crave which has HBO....See More
Diane Brakefield
2 years ago
Abykatz22 Gainesville, FL (9a)
2 years agoMy young Julia last year - first year blooming. Grown in GA.
Excuse the visiting mantis!
K S 7b Little Rock (formerly of Seattle)
2 years agoRose Lai (9b)
2 years agoJC in cool weather is almost orange, or with strong apricot color. Gradually the blooms fade to yellow and then cream. Your color looks a lot like my JC. I have 3 standard trees and 2 bushes of JC, and the initial blooms this spring looked a lot like yours. The leaves are also consistent with JC as well. However, mine tends to have looser petals but occasionally I think the pedals can look like yours too. I will vote your rose is JC.
The first 2 photos were taken at the beginning of spring. The last one are further along spring. You can appreciate the intense apricot color in the first two photos and the color variation in the last one.
Hutchae84 Zone 8b/PNW
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2 years ago
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