Oops. Guess I'll have to get that information. This was from a cell phne camera taken by a niece. My mom was lamenting that she would like to move the plant to a more hospitable location but is afraid to move it for fear of killing the rose. I'll try to find out more.

Hmmm, thought I had responded but must have not hit submit. Rose in hand I compared it to your Paul Ricault, it could be it's twin sister. so hopefully mystery solved. Armed with a name I look up Paul Ricault and it sure looks like this is what I have. Thanks for the fast ID. The flower I have measures 3" across but I'm sure there are larger ones that are getting more sun. This rose must be quite hardy, we had a very cold winter with temps going down to -4 degrees F. very unusual for Vancouver Island. Annette

Well, this is the lowest tech advice you can follow. You can find it discussed here on GW if you search "spider mites". The mites love hot, dry and dusty conditions. Your plants are water stressed, that's a given. Get out early in the mornings with a water wand and drench the plants with plain old water. The water wand permits to to flush the under sides of the leaves where you'll find the webs and most of the mites. Wash them really well and repeat this a couple of times a week at first, then you can probably taper off. You'll be cleaning off the dust, dirt, chemicals, smog and bugs with their webs as well as hydrating the plants. Leaves take in water just as they release it to the air. Bathing your roses will jump start them like you won't believe. You'll drown many of the insects and make conditions so unfavorable for many others, they'll leave. Why put any more chemicals on the plants or in your garden during this heat when what will most likely be the most beneficial and effective is good old fashioned water? You do need a water wand for best results. You need to be able to reach inside the plant and thoroughly rinse off the backs of the foliage. Kim Here is a link that might be useful:

I'm late to the party, but it's not often I can offer any help from my small selection of full grown roses. So many of mine are still babies. Any way I agree. That's the first thing I thought of when I saw the picture. Darcy Brussell. My DB is about 3 years old. She has turned out to be my smallest DA rose, bush wise. She's about 3' high by about 4 1/2' wide. She blooms pretty often but never to the point where the bush is loaded with blooms, often 10 or 12 at a time. The scent is petty light, and I find the flowers to be on the small side. I kept thinking they would grow larger with time, feeding, or cooler temps. So far that has not happened. Do any of you who grow it find that the blooms are a bit on the small side? Now that the weather has cooled, I am seeing a few clusters of 3 at the end of canes. Darcy's blooms are a cool red with violet undertones. They last a day or three in the vase. I like her, but wish her blooms were larger, smellier and lasted longer cut. On the plus side she has come through the heat and drought unfazed, has shown not one iota of disease, and always has a bloom or two. A keeper for me!