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17 APR 07 by
Unregistered Guest
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I have a climbing Peace Rose which, being in too much shade, has every year (about 6 or 8 yrs)gotten black spot and/or thrips badly. I finally cut it down last year, fully intending to dig it & throw it away. I couldn't kill it. So this year it came out more lush & healthy than ever....and with RED buds. It is now in full bloom & nice single blossoms I think. How did this happen? I see by the pictures, Peace Rose has some pink in it. I always thought it was solid yellow, as mine were, when it bloomed. Could it have reverted by to the pink side of the family? :)
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What you are seeing is the root stock that your Climbing Peace was budded to when you first planted the rose. My guess is that you are looking at Dr. Huey.
http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/pl.php?n=1550&tab=10
Smiles,
Lyn
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Ok then. Good to know. I didn't even know most roses are grafted from something else. I have had few roses in my time, but my favorite was a beautiful Tropicana I entered in a flower show & won a ribbon. Can't even remember which place. ha
Thank you for the info. This Dr. Huey must have good genes. heheh
I'm going to try to post a picture.
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I happen to like Dr. Huey, but there is a problem with this rose that has impacted the whole rose industry. Dr. Huey is great at growing roots and accepting roses budded to it, which has allowed rose producers to bring roses to market sooner that would be possible if the roses were not budded. Unfortuately, as far back as the 1930s the root stock, Dr. Huey, was virused with RMD, which means that every rose budded to it ends up being virused. In the early years growers where not as well informed about the impact this would have on the roses they sent to market. Many roses could not survive being virused and have dropped out of the market, but those that do manage to live with the virus can be strong roses, but the virus does have long-term impact on the health of the budded plant. But remember, some roses can be virused and show no signes of problems for 10 years or more.
There's more to the story and it makes interesting reading. You might want to look into it just to satisfy your curiosity.
Smiles,
Lyn
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25 FEB 04 by
Anonymous-797
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Disease susceptibility: Powdery Mildew
You aint kidding, it's terrible, I had a climber that was knocked over in a terrible windstorm, a year or two later up came this sprig, it's now spread to the trellis we built it around my patio, and it's full of powdery mildew.
For anyone else that has this growing, i suggest getting rid of it entirely, it's been a nightmare and has spread to all my 65 rose bushes.
By the way I live in zone 08a.
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I am not usually an organic gardener unless I find something that works pretty quick. I had PM on Crepe Myrtles several years because of too much shade & sometimes too much rain in spring. One year I sprinkled a good amount of old corn meal (with weavils) around the base of them. They never got PM again. I just had sprayed it once before that.......and usually it took several sprays until they cleared up before weather got hot. I use corn meal around several shrubs now, prone to disease. It just hasn't cured black spot on my rose! :).
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