Hi Carla,

I cannot say enough about Julia Child. She blooms freely and her roses are beautiful. Everyone should have at least one of these bushes IMHO.

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Ronda

Ronda, it is beautiful. Thanks for the tip?

Carla

Carla, my Golden Celebration was planted in the early spring, and it struggled for many months. But now, it is beginning to show a lot of promise and is beginning to pump out the fragrant blooms. Truly the rose that lays the golden eggs, and worth waiting for. I think next year, we will both be really enjoying our GC's. Never thought I could like a "yellow" so much.

Randy

Did Sunsprite suddenly turn blackspotty? Mine did.

If you like singles, Carefree Sunshine is simply the best rose I've grown in this climate. I keep mine at 5'.

Earlier this summer while I was at my local farm supply store I picked up (purely by impulse)the Austin rose Charlotte. I was shocked to see it there and it quickly found its way to my car. I haven't planted it in the ground yet (hard ground) but it has thrived in its pot! It has bloomed non-stop and stayed pretty clean with my erratic spray schedule. I never knew much about this rose but now I'm a fan!

Carole

Carla, ditto what Ronda said about Julia Child. My dh, who loves yellows, puts up with the other roses because of Julia.

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I like Prairie Harvest, a Bucks light yellow. Here it shows its pink more than yellow. Heat, I think. Annie

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Thanks for the photos Ronda and Duchesse, they are beautiful.
Michael, my Sunsprites started acting like bad roses, and I quit caring for them. I noticed a bloom out there today. I still haven't dug them up. Right now their name should be Stump Sunsprite. I still love the flower and fragrance.

Carla

I really like Julia Child as well.

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Elna is great (from Pickering), Midas Touch is healthy, Lemon Spice has the most intoxicating fragrance and improving in blackspot resistance. And, I shouldn't forget Irish hope - gorgeous healthy foliage, blooms a lot and fragrant. But despite being a floribunda it is quite tall.

Michaelangelo is also nice.

I am brain dead so I cannot recall more of those I have.

I LOVE Lady Hillingdon.

Julia Child is also a beauty.

Sandy

Here's one I love--a David Austin in the 3-4 ft range.

Happy Child
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Kate

Definitely agree with all the above posters - Julia Child is lovely, healthy and a nice, compact bushy shrub. She does blow quickly though, but keeps pumping out the blooms, so she's never without bloom. I can only detect a mild fragrance.
And I also second Elina - not a speck of disease, lovely dark foliage and the blooms last forever, on the bush and in the vase. No fragrance, though.

Elina

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Julia Child

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Carla, are you looking for older or antiques?

Of course, I have no idea what would work in your area.

Lady Hillingdon is my all time fav for apricot/yellows and the other lesser spoken about tea, Isabel Sprunt, is a very pale yellow that is quiet, but beautiful.

Then, of course, there is the apricot/yellow Buff Beauty, which every garden (I'm not even going to claim to be humble about this one) should have.

Over the summer, I ordered Crown Princess Marquerite, which is more apricot, but also a beaut.

Carol

I don't have a good picture handy, but I got Sterntaler/Golden Fairy Tale from Palatine this spring. It has been an absolutely stellar performer even in our heat. It never quit blooming, and the color did not fade much. It is a hybrid tea with OGR form on a vigorous, healthy bush. It even has a little fragrance to go with the package. It also seems to like to drink more than my other ones that I also have in 5 gallon buckets in my pot ghetto. Palatine is not the only one that carries it; others have it also.

Julia Child is my healthiest and most prolifically blooming rose but I cannot love her completely because she is so obviously a floribunda. I love Lady Hillingdon but she's not a true yellow like Julia, more into the apricot side. Happy Child was a very good rose for me and very pretty and a true yellow. Molineaux seems to work for many people who rave about it.

Ingrid

Thanks everyone. I have decided on Julia Child and am thinking about Chinatown. The photos are wonderful.

Carla

Like you Carla, I have been on a search for a nice yellow. I prefer yellows that aren't blinding though. And Julia Child comes up every time. I am also thinking about Irish Hope. I did see a nice yellow rose on the Star website called Michaelangelo but I couldn't find any more information about it. I also saw a rose calle Lime sublime at Witherspoons, it really surprised me on pretty it looked. I haven't any yellows in my garden at all so who knows I may end up with all of them,lol!

tammy

I forget to mention my best medium size yellow rose, namely Valencia.
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ceterum, that is beautiful indeed.

Thank you.

Valencia is indeed one of the real beauties and Elina is a workhorse. All it wants to do is bloom. Elina is pumping out blooms when all the others have fallen out due to heat, cold, drought or flood. These are two of the few HTs I will keep in my garden.

You really can't go wrong with either HAPPY CHILD or MOLINEUX. Both are non-stop performers that do well under a wide climatic range. The color of Happy Child is especially beautiful: a nice clear canary yellow without any apricot, gold, orange or green tones. Fragrance is fresh and sweet. Growth habit is short and bushy. Really handsome rose and my second favorite yellow English Rose.

The only yellow antiques are among the Noisettes and Teas, some of which do well in zone 7. I haven't grown any of them yet but I will in the near future. My top choices are MRS DUDLEY CROSS (light pink and yellow ala Peace), ETOILE DE LYON (pale golden yellow; Vintage clone only) and SOUVENIR DE PIERRE NOTTING (pastel yellow blend).

I won't recommend a high centered Floribunda or Hybrid Tea on this forum. Julia Child, however, is supposed to have OGR flower form and definately looks interesting. Hmmmmm...

Good luck with whatever you choose,

Patrick

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Here is a link that might be useful: Happy Child is...

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Carla

I know it's not an appropriate one for this forum..but I have so many multiples of Easy Going that I lose count! Totally bulletproof in my garden..can't deadhead it fast enough beccause it's already putting out new buds. Fragrant?? Yes..and a controllable size. Maybe the best yellow I grow.

Thanks Kaye. Nice to see you here. Before I know it, I'll have more yellows than pinks.

Carla

Kaye is absolutely right about Easy Going. Easy Going, Carefree Sunshine are more carefree than Lady Hillingdon even with her antique genes. Elina is very carefree for me and Valencia is to die for. The most beautiful and perfect bloom, lasts a long time on the bush and in the vase!

My neighbor has Golden Zest. A newer English style from J & P. She got it at Raft Island Roses this Spring. I was really impressed with hers this summer. Always blooming and super healthy! She doesn't spray either. It is really pretty antique looking rose.

Here is a link that might be useful: Golden Zest at HMF