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I have 2 Novalis plants in a contain. It is really disease free rose, no black spot, no mildew. My Novalis did get rust, when I bought them from garden centre, but the affected area just kept at lower leafs, just 1 or 2 leafs. No spray, the problem just disappear itself next year.
Sounds like perfect rose? No, not yet.
Although the plant has super disease resistance performance, the flower petals are so tender, so susceptible to botrytis. This spring I had more than 60 buds from the 2 plants, but all of them got botrytis due to few rainy days. The petals stucked together, like a cabbage, and could not open any more. Then it was summer time, and the weather was sunny, warm and dry. But I still had no beautiful flower. why? because the flower got scorched under the sunshine......
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The rose 'Abbaye de Cluny' has similar characteristics, large beautiful blooms of quite distinctive shape with very thin petals. Purely by accident I planted it in a perfect site, east exposure with afternoon shade. This was when I lived in CA central valley, hot and dry. I doubt ABC would be possible at all in a wet climate.
I wonder if 'Poseidon' needs a similar climate and site.
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