@Marlorena I've only just found your thread but have so enjoyed reading through and looking at each of your roses. Your garden is spectacular and I feel in awe of your knowledge and experience! I have just bought my first rose (Buff Beauty) and am so excited to start my rose journey. Thank you for your time and inspiration.
@BlueBirder ..that's so kind, thank you, and I'm so glad you found it useful.. oh, and you've started off with a great rose, those hybrid musks have something about them..
Marlorena, your posts are so wonderful. It's like a rose utopia. I wonder, have you ever experienced any diseases in your garden? Also, maybe you or someone could advise about an issue I discovered this spring shown in photos I pasted below. I got this David Austin Gertrude Jekyll potted rose locally last spring and this spring the leaves look very different. From what I've read online it could be Rose Mosaic Disease but I'm not sure if I need to worry about it and remove it to prevent the problem from spreading. The pattern or spots remind me of a cheetah however the underside of the leaves don't have anything unusual on them. Thank you for your time!
.. @Razzyrose Hi again... thanks so much for your comments. Yes that's Rose Mosaic Virus I would say, that is if your rose is grafted onto 'Dr. Huey' ?? it typically affects David Austin roses in the U.S. as they graft their roses onto virused rootstock. Apparently it isn't commercially viable to graft onto certified virus free rootstock. It can disappear some years, and does not affect any of your other roses. It's unsightly but benign is what I'm saying.
If you had got the rose direct from DA they would replace it, but trouble is, they replace with another that may also be virused. It goes with the territory unfortunately..
We rarely see Rose Mosaic in the UK because all rootstocks here are grown from seed, so they are virus free.. so whilst I'm not over familiar with seeing it, I feel pretty confident that's what I'm looking at there.
I didn't answer your question about diseases, well, we all get black spot or some associated fungal disease here, in most years I find it's from late June onwards, but this year it appears to have started earlier in some roses. I don't get much else really, powdery mildew on one or two, sometimes a bit of rust. It doesn't bother me too much.. 'The Anniversary Rose' ['Dee-Lish'] is amongst my best for health so far, but most of mine are good..
That's a relief to know, thank you so much for replying. I'm happy to read your accounts about Dee-Lish too. I planted Dee-Lish bare root roses this spring. I can't wait to see and smell them.
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.. thanks so much. I never thought this thread would be that popular, so it makes me very happy.
.. I might do something later re perennials etc. for the current season. Let me see how that goes.. thanks again ..
..that's so kind, thank you, and I'm so glad you found it useful.. oh, and you've started off with a great rose, those hybrid musks have something about them..
.. @Razzyrose
Hi again... thanks so much for your comments. Yes that's Rose Mosaic Virus I would say, that is if your rose is grafted onto 'Dr. Huey' ?? it typically affects David Austin roses in the U.S. as they graft their roses onto virused rootstock. Apparently it isn't commercially viable to graft onto certified virus free rootstock. It can disappear some years, and does not affect any of your other roses. It's unsightly but benign is what I'm saying.
If you had got the rose direct from DA they would replace it, but trouble is, they replace with another that may also be virused. It goes with the territory unfortunately..
We rarely see Rose Mosaic in the UK because all rootstocks here are grown from seed, so they are virus free.. so whilst I'm not over familiar with seeing it, I feel pretty confident that's what I'm looking at there.
'The Anniversary Rose' ['Dee-Lish'] is amongst my best for health so far, but most of mine are good..