Your new RdR is delightful, Lin! Thank you for posting. It makes me incredibly happy to know that I inspired you to grow this wonderful old variety. It truly is a favorite of mine. Like all your roses, RdR is obviously very happy in your garden. The fragrance is grand, isn't it? When mine is in full bloom, it smells like a Persian garden. I look forward to seeing many more photos as your plant matures and covers itself with those lovely raspberry blooms that you've captured so perfectly. Have a great day yourself! Carol

The one photo of your Rose de Resch I absolutely fell in love with was the one you posted after having spent days plucking away the rust-afflicted leaves. Sorry to bring back that horrid memory, but omg your RdR was glorious!

I have a spot all ready for her when my baby RdR is big enough to be planted in the ground. I'm not certain how she will take the high humidity in our mid-Atlantic region. The humidity level here is high enough that even my highly disease-resistant Kordes roses get some blackspot. I guess all I can do is making sure she is well watered and fertilized, so she can have the best chance to fend off whatever pathogens come her way. if folks in the NJ/NY area who have RdR can chime in with your experience with her, I would greatly appreciate it!

--Lin

Lin, you must be doing everything right to have such a beautiful bloom from a plant you've only had a few months. Please do post later pictures and more photos of your garden.

Dear Ingrid, thanks for the compliments! Actually this poor little thing had a shocking case of chlorosis within two weeks after she arrived. I was frantically looking up on chlorosis in the Forum to see what may have caused it. The wisdom from the Forum indicated it could be stress-induced, which in my case made perfect sense timing-wise from the perspective of the huge differences in weather between Colorado and NJ at that time. A couple of doses of liquid iron (and some gentle monologue on my part) seemed to have resolved that issue for her - whew!!

--Lin

Don't think you sound unhinged in your post regarding the rust plague Carol! We rose lovers think that kind of concern, anxiety, and the need to know how best to address your roses' ailments are totally totally normal. Others, on the other hand, will likely give us a blank look as if saying, "WHAT, are you talking about and why is THAT important?!" Ha - have got that look way too often.

Thank you so much for sharing your experience with RdR! I will keep in mind to be particularly patient with her so she gets a chance to show her qualities. It never did dawn on me that your BS pressure is high as well. So the fact that your RdR shows good BS resistance bodes well for mine, with the understanding that we may have different strains. But one can hope.

Questions - this may be too much a simplified statement, but I always thought heat + humidity = blackspot and cool mornings + humidity = powder mildew. So what conditions are likely to promote rust? Is rust also related to high humidity, since you say Portland has high BS pressure? Please forgive such basic questions, just I've never seen rust in NJ (and knock wood do NOT wish to see it in person EVER) and trying to get my head around what combinations of these weather elements would shift the disease tendency one way or the other. Thanks!

--Lin

Thanks, Lin! Rust (Phragmidium tuberculatum or a fungus species closely related to it) may or may not occur in your area. It doesn't seem to thrive everywhere in the US, and it only shows up in my garden occasionally except on certain roses that seem to serve as eternal and welcoming hosts, roses like--yes, you guessed it--Abe Darby. Is there ANY disease Abe doesn't contract in Portland?! It is my understanding that rust thrives in cool moist weather, but what's weird is that it assaulted my garden when the environment was warmer and dryer than usual. Go figure! You'll easily recognize rust if or when you see it: orange spots on the leaves and canes in spring and/or fall. Since blackened spores can overwinter on infected canes and debris, I try my best to immediately pluck speckled foliage, check canes for splotches of orange or black, and rake up and destroy fallen leaves (in the garbage not compost) just as I would for blackspot. After last year's fungus fest, I am hyper vigilant about checking the undersides of my rose leaves for telltale signs. Conveniently, rust is a super conspicuous H0m3 D3p0t logo orange, so it's easy to "spot." (Ha,ha?) Some forum members call the effect "Cheeto leaves" and refer to their highly susceptible plants as "rust buckets" or "old cast iron skillets." We have to keep our senses of humor, right? I'll bet a university agricultural extension website for your area would discuss whether or not rust is likely to be an issue in your garden. Carol

Why can't I see Carol's latest post anymore? It was here right before noon today. I read it through the link imbedded in the notification Houzz sent me. But now it's gone??!! Darn it - I only skimmed though it on my phone because I was away from my laptop. And it went poof..... :-(

That's so weird, Lin! My rust comment disappeared on my screen, too, and now it's back. What?! Maybe Houzz is having a vigilance moment because I used the full name of a big box store to describe a shade of orange. I'm going to try to edit my comment above by removing the original words and replacing them with "H0m3 D3p0t" to see if that stabilizes the situation. Carol

Now this is really quite idiotic! I didn't read your post very carefully, but in my limited recollection, yes, only the name of that Big Box could be the reason why Houzz's filter may have picked it up. That's a darn poor job done by the filter; it's for sure nothing like a promotion in the context in which the name was mentioned. Sheesh - it's only an analogy of the COLOR of the logo for goodness sakes! I want to save your comment in my file and look up some points you raised. Can't believe this....... --Lin

Ridiculous Houzz filter! It needs to loosen up. At least my comment reappeared, and it seems to be stable now. So, you can read about all about rust until you're absolutely creeped out by thoughts of fuzzy orange aliens attacking your rose garden! :-D Carol

Carol, I'm very confused. Are you saying you CAN see your rust comment on your computer?! The comment that starts with "rust (Phragmidium tuberculatum or a fungus species closely related to it) may or may not occur in your area "? I copied that line from the notification from Houzz, but I cannot see a word from that comment either in this thread or by clicking on the "see Comment" button in the notification! Can anyone else see that comment? This starts to have a Twightlight Zone feel..... --Lin

Okay, that's weird, Lin. I can still see my rust comment. Don't ya love grappling with Houzz's technological glitches? Sigh. At least (knock wood) my photos have been posting! Let's see what happens if I paste the the rust comment into another comment space below but leave out the name of the big box store. I'll just call it "Big Box Store." Hmmm. I wonder if I'm allowed to say the name of the crunchy orange snacks that are advertised by a cheetah. I guess I'd better nix that one, too. I'll just say "cheetah." Rust rerun coming up shortly.... Carol

Rust Rerun

Thanks, Lin! Rust (Phragmidium tuberculatum or a fungus species closely related to it) may or may not occur in your area. It doesn't seem to thrive everywhere in the US, and it only shows up in my garden occasionally except on certain roses that seem to serve as eternal and welcoming hosts, roses like--yes, you guessed it--Abe Darby. Is there ANY disease Abe doesn't contract in Portland?! It is my understanding that rust thrives in cool moist weather, but what's weird is that it assaulted my garden when the environment was warmer and dryer than usual. Go figure! You'll easily recognize rust if or when you see it: orange spots on the leaves and canes in spring and/or fall. Since blackened spores can overwinter on infected canes and debris, I try my best to immediately pluck speckled foliage, check canes for splotches of orange or black, and rake up and destroy fallen leaves (in the garbage not compost) just as I would for blackspot. After last year's fungus fest, I am hyper vigilant about checking the undersides of my rose leaves for telltale signs. Conveniently, rust is a super conspicuous Big Box Store logo orange, so it's easy to "spot." (Ha,ha?) Some forum members call the effect "cheetah leaves" and refer to their highly susceptible plants as "rust buckets" or "old cast iron skillets." We have to keep our senses of humor, right? I'll bet a university agricultural extension website for your area would discuss whether or not rust is likely to be an issue in your garden. Carol