From what I read from others shes a good rose in many areas... I personally have not tried Julia yet though...Maybe someday...

But let us know how she does for you in the future... Thanks!

She's been healthy and hardy for me in zone 6. Besides that she's beautiful and smells good too!

Great, feeling optimistic!

Sometimes even healthy roses will spot in the first year while they are establishing a root system. This is a good healthy rose I love mine. Have found thou a good sunny spot is best for yellow roses.

Definitely a winner! She is a constant bloomer for me. I planted her a few weeks ago and when it started to bloom, it is non-stop. Not only is she a constant bloomer but she develop buds very quickly too. Each bloom last about two weeks for me and before you know it, new buds already opened. Therefore you see old and new blooms together. I also love the range of colours at the same time. New flowers are golden yellow, while old blooms range from beige to almost white. This is the first rose so far that has all the wonderful qualities for me. All of my other roses, no matter how great they are have a break between flowering. The only thing missing so far is fragrance. I have yet to smell its fragrance. Then again, it has been raining a lot the last few weeks so maybe that will affect it.

Sadly I live in an area where blackspot i a real problem, and my Julia normally gets it if I do not spray her. So many others here have said she is a healthy rose for them though, so if you aren't in an area like mine which blackspot is a heavy problem you should be fine. I don't spray her regularly, only when I see evidence of blackspot beginning. She's a blooming machine though, and I will never be without her!

Gorgeous picture!! Thanks for sharing everyone! She's about 20" tall with shiny nice healthy foliage! It seems very promising for my NY zone 6. I'm going to plant her soon, thanks again, happy gardening!

jjpeace, I love the sound of that! I like to see different colors on the bush, I don't mind aging if it's a decent color towards the end and the fact that it stays on the bush for about 2 weeks is another attribute! It reminds me of Veterans Honor, fabulous rose but it's a black spot magnet here!

Whoever hybridized Julia Child should get a rose medal!! What an incredible rose!! I wonder if it's been a good rose parent?

Carol

Tom Carruth was the hybridizer of Julia, and I'll bet you grow others he produced, and just don't know it because his roses are so popular. A few Carruth roses are Ebb Tide, Twilight Zone, Wild Blue Yonder, Memorial Day, Blueberry Hill, Diamond Eyes, Love Song, and a host of others. He's the head of roses now at the Huntington Library and Gardens. I'm sure others can give more details. Diane

I have Blueberry Hill, I love it! I saw Love Song at the same nursery, it was a toss up between Love Song and Julia, they had Ebb Tide too, but I opted for Julia. I like the name "Twilight Zone" :)

My Julia is a blooming machine and very fragrant, she has dense foliage that reminds me of citrus trees.

BTW: Huntington Library and Gardens is a nice place to visit if you are ever in Pasadena, CA.

I just came back from planting Julia, an hour of heat, cuts and what seemed like endless digging of rocks and roots lol But well worth it! I'm curious, I planted a Heirloom rose which recommended some fish emulsion and 3 gallons of water. Julia came from a nursery, no planting instructions. I gave it one gallon no fish emulsion. I'm wondering if there's any general rule of thumb?

Give her water everyday for the first 5 days then water twice a week*, I would hold off on fertilizing for one month.

*water more often when it's hot.

Thanks, will do!

That's an awful lot of water. That is rooting suckers without roots amounts of water.

Water well when planting. Check weather forecast. If it's raining, there is no need to water. If the humidity is going to be high, there is no need to water no matter how hot it gets because nothing is going to evaporate, and the dew is going to provide a fair watering. If the rose starts wilting, water it that evening. If the root system came out of the pot intact, it may not need more water than an established rose.

I thought so too, mad, that's why when Heirloom suggested 3 gallons I used 2 gallons. The tail end of their video suggests their watering regimen with their roses. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I76NIqFT3N4

Here's my Julia today. She's been in this spot about 4 years and hasn't grown much larger than this. Granted, I didn't put her in the roomiest or sunniest spot. She's had a lot of cane dieback the last couple of winters. I do like this rose quite a lot. I got two flushes of bloom for the first time last season. I'm thinking of moving her to a sunnier location to see if she likes it better.

I would remove a lot of the grass at the base of Julia. Then give her some fertilizer. And yes, more sun would probably help a lot in bloom production and growth of your rose. Diane

Arlene my Julia blooms nonstop, not in flushes. Therefore when you say you got two flushes it leads me to believe maybe she isn't getting enough sun. Although bloom size looks right, so how often do you fertilize? I also agree with Nanadoll that you should remove a good amount of surrounding grass and I would put down some mulch. Roses don't like competing roots close by. Give it a good deep watering at least once a week as well.

I agree with mzstitch that JC is a non-stop bloomer for me. So far it is a continuous bloomer with no pause in between.

I agree, much more sun is probably what my Julia needs since that spot probably gets less than 6 hours per day. What looks like grass at the base is actually creeping phlox, which is rooted about a foot away and I cut it back each year, but it does like to grow back in her direction. It's also a raised bed which probably doesn't help either. I have a sunny spot reserved for her in front of the house, and I do believe she will moving this fall :)

Getting back to humidity: if you live in a humid area you still need to water, humidity doesn't effect the roots. Plants get most of their water from the roots.

Always use the finger test no matter where you live: stick your finger in the soil up to your knuckle, if it's dry then water. My grandparents were farmers(who lived in the humid Midwest) and taught me that trick when I was a child.