Hi, welcome to the Rose growing hobby LOL )))

I love love Golden Celebration by Austin - she is spectacular if you are in to English Roses .. also I do like Bella di Todi (Hybrid Tea) by Anna Medici Barni (Italy, before 1999) Both will do great in your climate..

Julia Child - I sort of think this is the gold standard for yellow roses, it is extremely vigorous and free blooming, and very fragrant

Mellow Yellow - Very vigorous , free blooming HT size blooms in a clear , true yellow..I think this one is under appreciated, it’s health and vigor is a huge improvement over older yellows like Oregold, Kings Ransom and Summer Sunshine.

If you’re looking for an Austin, I’d also recommend Golden Celebration, it’s a big bush and very floriferous and fragrant. My only complaint is that it, like most Austins, are rather fleeting.

You live in an ideal place to grow roses. I’d think any of these would be very successful for you.

Kate - I very much like your choices, too. Two roses you don’t hear about so much in the US, both look wonderful.

Thanks, ladies!

Kate: lovely pics. Definitely striking.

Diana: I think I grew the Pilgrim about 15 years ago in VA. Do you know how GC compares?

Corinna

Ben: I was thinking of ordering JC. Will check out MY. Regan Nursery, which is local for me, sells both. Great shots. Thank you.

Corinna

Welcome to the rose forum

It is a crazy addiction so be aware of all of the fabulous roses pictures.

My recommendation for yellow is also Julia Child. Non stop bloomer and very healthy.

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Wow, Kristine! Lovely

That is 3 bushes. They are alwzys in bloom. Great rose

Oh, how I love Julia Child. I agree that she sets the gold standard for yellow roses. She is a continuous bloomer here, and is more resistant to heat (108F two days ago) than any other rose I grow. My favorite Austin rose is Golden Celebration. It's a bit slow to take off, then watch out. GC can get big (so can Julia). Diane

Julia loves purple.

Heh, I guessed anyone asking for ‘best yellow rose’ would be inundated with wonderful pics of Julia Child. I hardly know another rose that performs so well for so many.

Geeze Diane, you plants are gynormous! Have you ever thought of planting beans you could end up with the beastock that goes clear up to heaven.

Just stunning !

Kate,

Thank you for putting us onto 'Well Being'. What a lovely rose! It is listed as very fragrant on HMFR. Is it? Also, does it hold its petals long enough? Thanks again for bringing this rose to your fellow Roses Forum folks' attention, especially me.

Moses

I second Well Being. It's a moderate grower here, but branchy and is a good bloomer. To me it's very fragrant. Buds are very rounded. I like the rust or orange edge to the petals. Has decent blackspot resistance.

Those are awesome Julia Childs. I had it before and it never did well and died , I think of cold. But my climate is milder than Diane's so I don't really know what the problem was with my plant. I might try it again.

I love Golden Celebration though it is bs prone.

Corina - Piligrim is excellent rose!

Erasmus - Your Well Being rose is gorgeous!

Yes, erasmus, I love your pics of Well Being. As I've said a couple times in the past, I need to spend more time caring for mine. She is off in a corner that I rarely visit and I'm not even sure she always get sufficiently watered with the sprinkler. But somehow she manages to survive and put out those beautiful blooms. I guess that makes her a rather tough survivor also.

Corina--are you asking about Austen's "The Pilgrim"? If so, it is a vertical grower--a climber about 8 ft tall, whereas Golden Celebration is a shrub, though I hear a rather large sprawling shrub--(I haven't actually grown GC.)--so it all depends on which look you are going for.

In their own ways, both of those roses put out really beautiful blooms, but my experience with "The Pilgrim" is that it is the slowest and most reluctant re-bloomer in my entire garden. Getting watered a lot seems to help The Pilgrim bloom better--maybe. On that score, GC has to be an improvement.

I hear GC has considerable BS problems. The Pilgrim has some also, but not a lot. Fragrance I don't remember.

Hope that helps.

Corinna, you asked about Golden Celebration, and I think it would do well for you in Oakland. Here, it's very dry so black spot isn't an issue. How is the black spot in Oakland? I used to live in San Jose and later, Palo Alto. In SJ, it was quite dry, except for the spring rainy season (which may not exist anymore with the current drought). Anyway, GC is a big shrub with the possibility of some climbing if it's provided with support. Mine is unsupported and isn't sprawly, but does send up some big long canes. This rose reblooms very quickly and has a nice scent, though here in the desert, it's diminished by the dry air. GC doesn't take the heat as well as Julia Child. Good luck picking your new rose. Diane

A couple of others:

Elina - Hybrid Tea. I LOVE her!!!

Another of Elina

Honey Dijon - with some brown undertones, but very prety

Teasing George

And a shot of my Sunsprite, a very reliable bloomer.

Nanadoll- WHAT is that gorgeous purple next to Julia?? The combo is just incredible!

Nicole, thanks. That rose is Twilight Zone. The other purplish rose in the background (first pic) is Ascot. The purplish rose next to Boscobel is Wild Blue Yonder. I like purplish roses! Diane

Nanadoll: gorgeous roses! Seems like mainly powdery mildew so far.

Karen: I just ordered Elina for next year. It's lovely at the Berkeley Rose Garden. Also, I love my sunsprite, but it's still so tiny.

I also got The Lighthouse miniature rose from forloveofroses.com which is still having a buy 3 get 2 free sale.

Sunspite is an all-around good favorite in the true yellow color category

I would suggest that you investigate these to see how well they might do in your area. They are Lemon Spice, Sunshine Daydream, Sunny Sky, Winter Sun, and Sparkle & Shine. Maybe one or more of these might work.

Another vote for Julia Childs.

I don't know how it is in your climate but I love my Charles Darwin...

In Sacramento heat Sunsprite blooms and blows in a couple of days photos below. And Julia Child fades to almost white.
My favorite yellow is Henry Fonda. I originally bought it because it smells like lemons in cool weather, but I found the blooms last forever and they don't fade ONE bit!
Carla in Sac
First Henry Fonda, then Sunsprite

Love my Golden Fairy Tale. Grows tall and strong and blooms all the time - has lovely clusters of medium yellow that looks good with any color. Strong, healthy and loads of blooms. Also, Julia Child is wonderful.

Judith

I know this thread is 2 yrs old, but I hope you ended up getting GC! It does beautifully in the spring for me in KS, but blackspots terribly at the first hit of humidity (purchased it before I understood the benefits of disease resistance!).