Hollywood had a RRD scare several years ago, but it was Roundup and on a lot of roses.
Make sure something is done.
It took me three attempts over a five month period before I could get something done at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. (We just happened to see their garden three times, it's not that close to here.)

Virginia is lucky to have the plant pathologists at Virginia Tech. Give the folks at Hollywood the name Dr. Anton Baudoin who is one of the Virginia Tech ag specialists in identifying RRD. The county extension agent should have a direct line.

Thank you, Ann. I was hoping you would see my message. Since I've never seen RRD on a plant before, I can't be sure of my diagnosis, but what I saw looked like pictures of RRD I've seen in your book and elsewhere.

My mother was with me, but she was sitting in the car, while I got out to look at this rose, which I am always hoping to identify--looks as if it should be a Tea, but with very large flowers of a pale yellow sometimes with pink edges and stuffed with petals, giving something of a muddled form that I particularly like. As we approached in the car, I noticed what I thought was a small plant with small leaves growing right next to the rose, but when I stepped out of the car, I was on the opposite side where blooms and growth were normal and luxurious. In fact, I've never seen this rose with more and prettier blooms. Then I walked around to the other side and realised that the small plant was the rose itself, with small, disorted leaves and bits of blooms, in peculair reddish hues.

As soon as I was back in the car, I told my mother I thought the rose was infected. Although she 's never seen pictures of RRD and knows nothing about it, she said that she thought somethign was wrong with it, too--at first she assumed the strange growth was another plant, then when she realised it was part of the rose, she decided that the rose must have some "terrible disease" to produce such a "distorted" look.

I hadn't thought of Roundup as a possibility--I never use chemicals of any kind and am not familiar with their effects--but I hope that's the problem and not RRD.

I have sent Dr. Antoin Baudoin's name to the manager at Hollywood. It would be terrible if the rose were sacrificed unnecessarily, and equaly terrible if it had RRD and nothing was done to protect the other roses at Hollywood.

Lindsey

If you even talk about glyphosate near a rose damage appears.

I received a reply from the manager at Hollywood today--he says that landscape experts will examine the roses today or tomorrow.

Lindsey

I'm not surprised that glysophate damage would show up on Hollywood Ceemetary roses-- they have a major problem with poison ivy, it's all over the place! Would-be rose rustlers beware!