Julia Child Rose – 3 Gallon Pot

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An All-America Rose Selections (AARS) Winner in 2006, this spectacular rose was a favorite of world renowned French cuisine chef Julia Child, and upon her request was named after her. It is a vigorous and disease resistant floribunda featuring continual abundant clusters throughout the season of large, fully double roses in delicious shades of buttery golden yellow, which have an intoxicating licorice candy scent. The blooms are excellent for cutting and display in floral arrangements. Super-glossy deep green foliage on a rounded shrub that reaches 3 to 4 feet tall and equally as wide make Julia Child a good fit for smaller garden spaces or as a grouping or hedge where space allows.

Growing 3 to 4 feet tall and equally as wide, the Julia Child Rose is ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings or as a colorful hedge in landscape and flowering shrub borders and home foundation plantings. A fine addition to fragrance gardens, rose gardens, yellow theme gardens, cottage gardens and container gardens.

Suggested Spacing: 3 to 3.5 feet apart for hedges; 6 feet apart for space between plants

The Julia Child Rose is easy to grow in average, moist but well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. As with all other roses, to avoid powdery mildew, morning sun is a must to dry dew from the leaves. Afternoon shade or filtered sun is fine. We suggest 6 hours of direct sun light for best flowering.

Maintenance is minimal with no pruning required, though the plant can benefit from it. An annual pruning in late winter, at which time branches can be cut back to about 18 inches above the ground, will result in a fuller plant throughout the growing season. After this hard pruning, your rose will quickly flush out and start blooming with the arrival of warmer spring temperatures. Deadheading spent flowers through the season is not necessary however will encourage more new buds and flowers.

Plant and care for the Julia Child Rose as you would Knock Out Roses. Click on the link below to find helpful advice from our experts.