Thanks for all the previous posts, I have tied the climber to the trellis and it is doing great with water and some fertilizer. I am so excited to see what kind of blooms it will produce. But now I have additional questions about different roses and hope that you may have more advice. There was one flower bed at my house along the garage...most likely not tended to for maybe a decade, seriously! I dug everything out...except 5 columbines & 2 roses. I'm guessing they are the hybrid tea type. They have just a few stems that grow upright and stand about 3 ft high. Like my climber there are no blooms this year...due to the remodeling last year they were not allowed to come up last year. So same care as mentioned above? Also, again due to remodeling....I have found two roses coming up in the back yard right out of the lawn. They are probably only 4-5 inches tall & the foliage has remained reddish. I vaguely remember there being roses back there, but forgot along the way and these were also covered all year...by a dumpster I think or something. We will be reworking our lawn this Aug/Sept and these need to be moved and of course I'd like to save them. What would be the smartest thing to do with them? Transplant directly to a new location or transplant first to pots? Any special care for the little guys?

I'm fine with that actually...it's for around the memorial area for the family dog. I actually prefer large clusters of one kind in large groupings. So that will work for me. Thanks for explaining that. It was something I was willing to deal with if they were a variety...they are lovely so I figure I could just deal with a mixture of color. So...you made my night saying what you did.

The link above worked for me. When I find a link that does not work, I often can find the article by putting the title in quotes and putting it into Google. In this case this results in: https://www.google.com/search?num=100&newwindow=1&source=hp&ei=FNPfWq2vI4fusQW-h72QBA&q=%22evaluation-of-rose-germplasm-for-resistance-to-rose-rosette-disease-a%22&oq=%22evaluation-of-rose-germplasm-for-resistance-to-rose-rosette-disease-a%22&gs_l=psy-ab.12...1664.16166.0.18919.4.3.0.0.0.0.127.317.1j2.3.0....0...1.1j2.64.psy-ab..1.1.126.0..35i39k1.0.4DcrZxeltkQ I have a copy of the thesis, but it is copyrighted so I cannot post it. If you have a specific question about it, I can answer the question by putting small sections in quotes. "Table of contents: Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : page 1 - 22 2 SCREENING OF ROSA GERMPLASM FOR RESISTANCE TO ROSE ROSETTE DISEASE UNDER FIELD CONDITIONS : : : page 23 - 45 3 GRAFT AND MECHANICAL TRANSMISSION STUDIES OF ROSE ROSETTE VIRUS : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : page 46 - 54 4 BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF PHYLLOCOPTES FRUCTIPHILUS (ACARI: ERIOPHYIDAE) USING PREDATORY MITES FROM THE FAMILY PHYTOSEIIDAE (ACARINA: MESOSTIGMATA) : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : pages 55 - 69 Appendix A WEEKS ROSES LETTER TO CUSTOMERS : : : : : : : : : : : : page 70 B ENDPOINT RT-PCR PROTOCOL TO DETECT ROSE ROSETTE EMARAVIRUS : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : page 71 -72 LIST OF TABLES 2.1 Genotypes in this study that have existing resistance data : : : : : page 26 2.2 Results from resistance screening for rose rosette disease, including the number of plants infected and number planted in the field. : : : page 32 -38 2.3 Ordinary run analysis (Madden et al. 1982) : : : : : : : : : : : : : page 41 B.1 Primers used in two-step endpoint RT-PCR protocol : : : : : : : : page 73"

Sounds so wonderful Lux. Any photos? My Mrs. Dudley Cross is not that impressive yet at age 5 years from ARE.