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Red stems/canes on my DA roses

georgiapetrou77georgiapetrou77 Posts: 52
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Hi I’ve just noticed that the new canes on my David Austin teasing Georgia are a burgundy red and so are the thorns. I don’t think I’ve ever seen this before. Planted in 2018 and developed rose rust after two years. I never treated it until this year. DA customer services recommended rose clear ultra. That’s the only thing I have done differently and the weather has been unusually cold. Does this look normal? 

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited April 2021
    Perfectly normal for young growth, sometimes particularly pronounced on deep red roses. Nothing to worry about. 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • georgiapetrou77georgiapetrou77 Posts: 52
    Ok because google said that it could be a disease called rose rosette. It’s actually not a red rose, it’s always been yellow 😁 Does that still sound normal? 
  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,736
    Thankfully that particular disease hasn't made it across the Atlantic @georgiapetrou77 as yet...fingers crossed it doesn't but the RHS are doing active research on it. 
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  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    Yes perfectly normal and healthy, it’s put on a growth spurt - young growth and thorns are often red, even on yellow roses 😊 You may simply have never noticed before or it’s never been as red in the past because it was growing more slowly when younger. It will fade to green, usually by the time it’s blooming. The thorns will harden and lose the red colouration eventually too, but that often takes a while longer.
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  • georgiapetrou77georgiapetrou77 Posts: 52
    I can’t say I’ve ever noticed. Although I have been in the garden everyday staring at my barefoot roses, wondering where all the leaves are 😁 
    Maybe the rose rust treatment has worked and it’s generally doing better. Anyway it’s relief and thank you for putting my mind at ease. 
  • georgiapetrou77georgiapetrou77 Posts: 52
    amancalledgeorge said:
    Thankfully that particular disease hasn't made it across the Atlantic @georgiapetrou77 as yet...fingers crossed it doesn't but the RHS are doing active research on it. 
    Thank you, I literally would have never known that. 
    I hope it never makes it way over here. That looks serous! 
  • luis_prluis_pr Posts: 123
    You can rest knowing it is not RRD. The signs of rose rosette disease (RRD) include multiple symptoms such as extremely out of control growth at the ends of the canes typically. While some RRD infected foliage turns red, it would have to be associated with at least a quadrupling of leaf growth in the small area (the leaves may be smaller and more serrated), a huge number of thorns and canes that are one width and then become wider (or vice-versa). Each of these symptoms by themselves will not necessarily mean that the plant has RRD but more likely, several of these symptoms will be present at the same time.

    The red color on the leaves and trunk in your picture is just due to a lack of enough green chlorophyll.

    This disease has reduced my 100+ roses down to around 30 or less. My location is "very active" with roses catching this disease. I hope it does not jump to the other side of the pond.


  • celcius_kkwcelcius_kkw Posts: 753
    I’m slightly concerned that DA’s customer service team couldn’t recognise this as perfectly healthy new growth and recommended spraying with Rose clear.. 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    My reading of the OP’s first post is that Roseclear was recommended to treat a diagnosis of Rust in 2020. 
     :) 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • georgiapetrou77georgiapetrou77 Posts: 52
    The rose clear was recommended to treat rust which so far so good I can't see anymore of it. I didn't contact DA regarding red canes. 
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