Perfume Delight was my most disaterous rose. Not only was it an underperformer (both of them), I could not get the Blackspot under control Not all the sprays in Christendom could keep leaves on it. It became a source of disease for roses growing around them... radiating zones of leaflessness. When I finally saw the light (through the leafless rose canes) and shovelpruned the offending Perfume Delights, the neighborhood improved and their neighbor roses kept their leaves with moderate BS spray regimes.

Lynn (Desertgarden) is right about Pink Peace doesn't like it dry ... it died on Seil's zone 6a winter, since she has sandy soil. Roses die in my zone 5a winter not from the cold, but from dryness. Pink Peace likes my wet clay, and survived my zone 5a winter. I found a link to Denver Botanical Garden in zone 5a, Colorado. They don't grow Pink Peace, not a surprise since Colorado is both cold and dry. See link below for roses grown in Denver Botanical Garden, Zone 5a: Here is a link that might be useful: List of roses grown in Denver, CO, zone 5a

Woodsgranny3, Google up these three JohnPanza.Googlepages ...cleft (wedge) graft Texas Citrus and Subtropical Fruit.. T bud Wommacks Nursery De Leon Tx.. Knife and supplies You need a number of small rootstock trees. Talk to your local Master Gardeners Association thru your Cooperative Extension Office for a lead on this. They probably can get you seeds or wild trifoliates. They may even graft one or two for you. It will help to get the method down in your mind before watching a live demo so you'll know what questions to ask, Etc. I can explain some more details after you check these things out if you're still interested. Getting the right knife and tape and knowing when and how of selecting budwood is important. Most novices kill a number of rootstocks but it will make you proud to see those new shoots of your first grapefruit clone, an exact replica of the tree you desire. I planted a seed from a Rio Red gf because my nieghbor had a seedling tree 15 foot tall and covered with huge red gf. Six years later I have a white gf that looks like nothing I ever ate. I took care to sprout the seeds in a paper towel so I would get a polyembroyic duplicate and all that. Tangerine x tangelo hybrids work for me. Larry

My 20 year old pink grapefruit has what I think is a ganoderma at it's base. It also has cobwebby things on some branches. Please tell me what to do with these problems. I don't want to use anything too poisonous because we eat the grapefruit. The grapefruit that are on it now look good for this stage of development so maybe the problems are minor. Thanks in advance.