It's beautiful! My sons gave me this rose for Mother's Day about 5 years ago so it's my favorite for sentimental reasons in addition to it just being about perfect.

I love this rose! I actually never really cared for yellow roses until I saw this one in person a few years ago. Now I have a whole collection of yellow roses!

It's very sweet of you to plant this for your grandmother. It looks like it's doing really well and flourishing!

I just bought a tree version of this rose this afternoon. The color caught my attention, the scent convinced me to buy it.

Seil, thank you so much! I must say I am definitely interested! Thank you for the note on Julia Child doing well in Michigan.

How has it's cold hardiness been for you in Z6 with cane survival?

Thank you all so much for your feedback!

Steven

Most years JC has been very cane hardy for me. The worst year was the polar winter and I had to cut her to the ground but she bounced right back good as ever. Since it's been a really bad winter her this year I'm figuring I'll need to cut her pretty low again this year too. I'm not worried though. I think she'll come back strong again for me.

Oh, that is just wonderful know Seil! These "polar vortex" winters have definitely been frustrating. Even this past winter has been unduly harsh to most of my modern roses, resulting is much more cane die-back.

Thank you very much, Seil! I shall simply have to add JC to my garden soon as possible. I just adore her colours, fragrance, and old-fashioned charm. plus since I bought it for Grandma, it holds as much importance to me as the varieties that my grandparents bought me when they were RVing, which are Fragrant Cloud, Golden Celebration, and Medallion.

Steven

I planted 8 Julia child s few months ago.... patiently waiting to see their bloom for the very first time! So excited!

I don't know how I have resisted this rose all this time but if they still have it at the Amish nursery I saw it at , im getting it . Every time I see it here , a little more of me wants it .

I hope you enjoy your vacation, and time with your dear grandfather. :)

Seil -- your JC is beautiful. This is one rose I am struggling with in my own garden due to consistent canker and so-so blackspot resistant. Is yours in a pot. Maybe I will move it to a pot for better air circulation and more heat.

Here where we have wet winters Julia gets cankered canes and must be cut way back after winters so bush remains smaller so far...Gets BS late in season no spray here...Blooms great!

No, Julia is in the ground and always has been. It gets a lot of sun but is right on the street and faces west so it gets the brunt of the prevailing winds and salt and road spray all winter. I've never found any canker on it but I do not mulch it of winter protect it at all. And she is without a doubt the MOST black spot resistant rose in my garden!

Farmerduck, our Julia has the same problem as yours for whatever reason...I do not winter protect either...Just get tons of rain here... Got 2-3 inches of rain just last night... Expecting rain/snow tonight....Since roses perform different in every garden one can only try it and see for themselves...Ours will come back after being cut way down and it will bloom and bloom its head off...It just stays on the smaller side...Most of our roses cankered bad this year... Only two that did not was Miracle on the Hudson and Earthsong...

Jim, I hope you try a grafted Julia and see if the canker and black spot problems are lessened on a grafted plant. My experience is like Seil's as far as canker on Julia. It is our good fortune to not have black spot, as you know, out here in the desert, but we don't have your wonderful (usually) rain--or cheap water bills! Diane

I just may try a grafted Julia in the future if our JC continues to stay small Nanadoll...I'll give this JC some more time though...

Sorry about your grandma Migreenthumb! Nice looking rose bush!

Gave Julia a trim along with watering and a bit of Osmocote!

I just got back home to chilly Michigan this morning.

Steven

Beautiful ! Bummer you are back in the cold now . I did pick one up when I went back to the nursery, thanks for the inspiring photos Steven !

Thank you Lilyfinch! Yes, it's sort of a bummer being back in the cold even though I'm home. I'm seriously contemplating starting a new life in a warmer place, haha! I could grow even more roses without winter kill!

I'm going to get one for myself too this year!

Steven