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17 years ago

Thanks for the heads up homemaker! I just got back on and checked to see if anyone had responded to my post from earlier today....and....couldn't find it. Guess it went into some big black hole somewhere...

Now back to what I had posted about earlier.

For those of you who grow roses...do you know about Rose Rosette Disease? Well, I am unlucky enough to know first hand about it. Last year I lost 2 roses to it. One in the circular bed in the back yard and a climber (Seven Sisters) on the fence in the garden room. Today when I was out doing some maintenance in the garden room, tying up long canes on the fence, etc. I found RRD on one of my explorer climbers. It is either John Cabot or William Baffin. These roses were planted in 2002 and had reached the top of our 8 foot fence and were actually above it! I cut the cane back to the ground, but I am afraid I will have to remove the rose completely. I will keep a vigilant eye on this rose to see if more RRD is displayed. I am hoping against hope that I cought it in time, but very afraid not.

If you grow roses and do not know about RRD, you might want to research it. It is currently only in parts of the U.S. but is spreading. I am listing a link below for further info for those interested.

The picture below was taken in June of this year. The rose that had/has RRD is about half way down the side of the fence. I am just sick! :-(

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Below is a link to info about RRD. There is also a lot of info on it on the rose forum as more people experience RRD in their gardens. Or just do a google on RRD and you will find lots of info. Here's hoping none of you experience RRD in your gardens.

Marylu

Here is a link that might be useful: Rose Rosette Disease

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memo3
17 years ago
I had no idea about the existance of this diesease. Thank you for telling us about it. I'm so sorry that it has found your beautiful garden. I would be just sick as well. Have you found and tried the miticide that was suggested in the article you posted?

MeMo
haziemoon
17 years ago
Oh that is just awful!
I have been researching roses for my arbor, and been so afraid of them because of the work......spraying! etc
I envy your gardens and feel just sick for you!!!
Your pics are bookmarked and I share them with friends.
Your gardens are so wonderful!

Haziemoon
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mary_lu_gw
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17 years ago
Haziemoon, thank you! Roses really aren't that much work. I have about 100 roses in our yard. Bought about 30 new ones this year. I have a no spray garden (well I did up until now). I'm not sure if I will start spraying or not now. Haven't decided. Don't let RRD keep you from planting and enjoying roses, they are great! ...says me the enabler..:-)

I first learned about this disease on the rose forum. Had I not known about it, I might have left the infected roses continue to grow and had a much greater possibility of many more becoming infected. I can only hope that I see no more this year.

Ann Peck is a frequent poster on the rose forum and is very knowledgeable about RRD. She has a web e-book about RRD. I will post the link below.

Here is a link that might be useful: A web book by Ann Peck
PattiOH
17 years ago
Marylu,
Thank you very much for the warning about Rose Rosette Disease.
Sorry that you had to find out about it first hand.

Your gardens are magnificent!

Patti
todancewithwolves
17 years ago
Your garden is stunning! I always enjoy seeing your pictures.

Thank you for the heads up on RRD. Such a pretty name for a nasty disease.

Edna
mary_lu_gw
Original Author
17 years ago
I have been researching this disease more tonight, since I again found it in my garden. I found a map (from 2002) of the U.S. showing where it was known to be. However, this map is 4 years old, and it has spread further I am sure. My county is not shown on the map as having the disease, and I know it is here. But it does give most of you some idea as to where it was already identified and if you live in that area or near an identified area, you will want to become aware and knowledgeable about this disease.

Here is a link that might be useful:
girlgroupgirl
17 years ago
Mary Lu, this has been a concern of mine. Some old roses have strange thorns on their canes so you need to really look at the examples of RRD in pictures and compair it to your plants.
I've been afraid since a neighbour down the street grows grafted roses and has let one go to the sucker. Actually he cut off the nice rose, and is letting the graft just grow all over. I do not think he knows what this could do for his garden, or for anyone elses. Luckily, he's down wind from me!

Sorry, after all the beautiful growth and filling in you've had of your plantings you'll have to loose a beloved rose!

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Eduarda
17 years ago
Mary Lu, I have seen extensive reports on this disease for years in the Antique Roses forum here at gardenweb. I think it hasn't spread to Europe - yet - but if you do a search on the Antiques forum for RRD you'll find many posts dealing with that from the American posters. It seems like the only thing to get your chances higher is to get your roses from reputable sellers and growers, there is information about that on the antiques forum as well, if I remember correctly.

Sorry to hear about your diseased roses, you have a beauty of a garden and it's always so sad to loose a beautiful plant to a nasty disease :-(

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gottagarden
17 years ago
Aaack! I never heard of this but it sounds terrible!

Thanks for the heads up. I am probably doomed because my woods is infested with rosa multiflora. I would love to see those all die, but Murphy says they'll get my garden roses instead. (or at least what the Jap beetles have left behind.)

Sigh . . . . it's always something in the garden :-(
ghoghunter
17 years ago
Wow this is an awful disease. I used to have multiflora roses all across the back of my yard but they were removed. I don't know if they are still along the back of the creek down further into the bank or not. It is a kind of wild area that I can't get into because of the steepness of the bank. I only have two rose bushes now but I will keep an eye out for this nasty disease. It is always something. Thank you for all the information. Forewarned is forearmed!
gldno1
17 years ago
Mary Lu, I have lost a venerable old Bonica, several gc roses, Aloha, Queen Elizabeth and now I think another Aloha and New Dawn have it.

I don't really think much can be done. The Alohas were own-root roses. I went ahead and ordered more roses last year; hoping for the best.

Good luck.
yeonasky
17 years ago
This disease was discovered in 1941 in parts of the USA and Canada according to a site I found. Another site I found talks about using the disease to eliminate the invasive multiflora rose. It's a good idea as it crowds out native plants and could be a problem for farmers, but not so great an idea for us rose growers. This site is the one I've linked, It is chock full of other info, so if you use the find and replace mode by clicking and holding down the ctrl key on your keyboard, and then pressing the F key, then using the word "rosette" you will find the info. I wonder if that's why there is very little really to combat the disease on garden roses. Farmers have different needs than gardeners, and I do understand why they would want to eliminate multifloras, instead of get rid of the disease. After all land is money for them. It's like the wolves are good wolves are bad debate, good when it comes to thinning out diseased deer etc, and bad when they eat livestock. Of course the livestock is money in that case, but the wolves are native. No easy answers sometimes.

Yeona, a rose lover, (love the length, variety and color of bloom) and hater, (hate the diseases, blackspot especially) in one.

Here is a link that might be useful: Rose Rosette disease in the eastern two-thirds of the United States

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