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How to solve a problem with my rose
Hi all,
ive grown roses for many year and I am a big fan of David Austin’s. I have their Gertrude Jykell and for the first time ever, the leaves are going brown and dying. How can I cure this? I’ve only ever had black spot in the past. The rose is planted in a brand new border/ garden. My other roses are fine. Picture attached.
thanks for any help.
stephen
ive grown roses for many year and I am a big fan of David Austin’s. I have their Gertrude Jykell and for the first time ever, the leaves are going brown and dying. How can I cure this? I’ve only ever had black spot in the past. The rose is planted in a brand new border/ garden. My other roses are fine. Picture attached.
thanks for any help.

stephen
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gertrude is a fairly large, healthy and vigorous rose, so just pick off the dead leaves and she will grow new ones. You have pruned her very low though, are you trying to keep her short? It’s possible she is sulking a bit because of that.
..the rose looks rather loose in the soil, was it firmly planted? the fact it was put in last summer and hasn't appeared to have grown much, suggests loose planting..
..the leaves look like weather damage, and should just be snipped off.. new growth is appearing so it's not dead..
..the other thing you should do is to remove those daffodils if you can... Narcissus contain a toxin that is poisonous to roses.. it's called lycorine and it is concentrated in the bulb... now I've not experienced problems planting daffs around large established roses, but it is not good practice to have them right near a newly planted rose like that..
'' All members of the Narcissus family contain the alkaloid poison lycorine. The toxin is concentrated in the plant’s bulb. You need to avoid planting too close to roses, cabbage, or rice because chemicals released by Narcissus can stunt the growth of these plants''.
Chemical and biological aspects of “Narcissus” alkaloids”. 2006..