Although I think Julia Child is about the greatest yellow rose on earth, apparently it blackspots in a lot of growing regions. Blackspot is not a problem here because it's so dry. A rose called Sparkle and Shine might be a good choice for you. One of its parents is Julia Child. My Australian friend is trying S and S because she had trouble down her way with Julia blackspotting. She's awaiting her spring blooms and summer Down Under to find out how S and S does for her. So maybe this rose is the answer for you, too. Check HMF for pics. I like Julia's blooms a little better and they seem a tad brighter than Sparkle and Shine's. Diane

Julia Child does blackspot and go nakey half the time here. Even worse, the saddleback caterpillars also adored it. Stupid me, always ends up getting stung by those things which imo, are worse than wasp stings! Maybe I will try sparkle n shine if reports are good. My hubby loves true yellow roses best and I dont really have that many.

Thanks for relieving me of my misconceptions about Julia. maybe i did not not kill her but she died on her own!

one thing among many i admire about intrepid rose lovers and growers is how you shovel prune the duds without remorse!

i’m getting much wiser about not wasting my time and back muscles caring for plants which dont succeed in my garden. Doesn't matter if the fault is mine or the plant‘s, out it goes sooner rather than later if it needs somthing i cannot give it.

if other sturdy disease resistent yellows come to mind please share!

marie

I'm Diane's Australian friend and am trying South Africa too, which HMF reviewers have rated as excellent. I can't say anything useful yet about either of them as they were only planted a month ago. South Africa is yet to break dormancy (though every other of the 2 dozen new roses has), but Sparkle and Shine has sent up a healthy amount of foliage with some buds.

If you don't mind miniatures, there's Rise 'N' Shine. Mine was new a year ago and is already over couple of feet tall and wide, is super healthy with dense foliage and flowers almost all the time. The flowers fade to off white and do cling on though.

Well I have to say, I never get rid of a rose. I try and find someone to give it to And 9 times out of 10 it does better for them than it did for me. Sometimes amazingly so.

There are a few yellow roses that maintain clean foliage in my Seattle garden: South Africa, Nacogdoches (Grandma's Yellow), First Impression, Grandbaby, and Strike It Rich. I garden in high shade, so their blooms show richer colors and last longer. Molineux also has decent disease resistance here and is my fastest repeating DA rose.

Yup, Julia Child. I lug around that same big 3 gal blue watering can, also without the spout end!

I am in the humid midatlantic with intense blackspot. Julia is going to be shovel pruned at the end of the season. Yellows I would recommend include South Africa, Yellow Submarine, and Solero. They all have very different growth habits.

South Africa is a deep non-fading golden yellow. It is very healthy although nothing in my climate stays clean throughout the season.

Solero is a low spreading rose in a sweet baby duck yellow. The blooms are small but abundant.

Yellow Submarine is one of my favorites.

There are a couple yellows I enjoy, but I’m not sure I would recommend.

Tottering Gently By is lovely and I like it’s shape and single blooms, but it does have more blackspot than the favorites above.

Moonlight Romantica in it’s 3rd year has been a but disappointing, but It does stay pretty clean although it is slow to repeat. I may try it in a different spot.

I don’t reccomend Teasing Georgia despite it being very lovely. I know many others who love this rose though so your mileage may vary.

It is a beauty though.

I also do not recommend Winter Sunset. Again, it is lovely but I plan to replace it because it has awful blackspot. when she is good she is very, very good, but when she is bad she is horrid.

Vaporvac i think you got it. After your id i f,ound articles on line. Several commenters hated its name- ch-ching some thought it was an anti asian slur and offensive, others thought the reference to cash register ( and profit I suppose)was tasteless or tacky and others thought it joined a growing pantheon of stupid plant names!

Oddly it is heavily advertised as having excellent disease resistence. i say a

a big exception is hot and humid New England summer. if it survives our winter ill see how badly it blackspots then pass jugement and the shovel.

Thank you everyone for informative and engaging information. ive never had much reason the hang out here though ive killed quite a few roses over the last 30 years

gardening here.

marie

I cannot help you with the name of your rose, Marie, but I have enjoyed the discussion about yellow roses. My yellows include Graham Thomas (not my favorite), South Africa Sunbelt, Sunsprite, Molineux, and new to my garden this year was Good as Gold which is not fully developed.

If anyone is considering acquiring yellows, South Africa Sunbelt is in its third year in my garden, and it is absolutely spectacular, as is Molineux, which I have had about 15-years. I suspect Good as Gold will be spectacular based on its start.

I can’t help with the name of your rose either, sorry, but in my high black spot hot and humid area, I totally concur with the health and floriforousness of South Africa. Despite that, I didn’t keep it simply because I wasn’t in love with it. I much prefer a lemon yellow bloom (ideally with the citrus fragrance to match) over the brassy gold of SA, but that’s just personal taste. The ‘sweet baby duck yellow’ of Markay’s Solero is perfect to my eyes!

Julia Child gets bad black spot for me too, but it carries on blooming through it. Every Austin yellow I have tried suffered from debilitating black spot.

I have had Golden Zest for a season and love the bloom form and softer colour of it, although it hasn’t given me many so far. The foliage seems very healthy, much more so than one of it’s parents Golden Celebration. My Honey Bouquet is also new and just the right shade of yellow for me. It got a little black spot, but nothing notable. I have high hopes for these two fragrant beauties from Keith Zary, but it’s too early to actually recommend them.

all this information is appreciated and now i have to look at pictures of what youve recommended. That will be fun!.

i believe my rose is Ch-Ching based on appeareance and silly sounding name.as i said that rose is supposed to be disease resistant which mine is certainly not.

if youve never done it theres a laugh in threads about rose nanes. some are worse than ”ch-chingChing”

Tipsy Imperial Concubine? Happy Butt? There are so very many others, LOL :-D