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Sep 22, 2014 7:32 AM CST
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Name: Margie
NY (Zone 7a)
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I need your help with identifying this rose. As I have mentioned in the past, I bought a few roses about 18 yrs. ago and I think a few of them may have reverted back to their original root stock ( Dr. Huey). I think whatever these rose bushs are they are not something I would selected based on their appearance. They are red in color, bushy, bloom once in the Spring, not many thorns, and seemed to have multiplied. I had to cut them back twice this summer because they appear to want to climb. Here's a photo of it that I took back in 2011.
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Thanks in advance for your help.
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Sep 22, 2014 1:03 PM CST
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Name: Zuzu
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Yes, I think that is Dr. Huey. The photo and your description seem to fit. The only other salient characteristic is that Dr. Huey exhibits some powdery mildew even in gardens where other plants don't suffer from it.
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Sep 22, 2014 2:40 PM CST
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Name: Margie
NY (Zone 7a)
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Thank you Zuzu for your opinion. I examined the four 3-4' bushes and after careful inspection found 5 leaves with powdery mildew. No sense in wasting precious real estate - they will be removed tomorrow. I look forward to replacing them with a few roses that some of you fine ladies and gentleman grow in your garden.
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Sep 24, 2014 1:16 PM CST
Name: Cindi
Wichita, Kansas (Zone 7a)
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I think I can fit 6 of my new Palatine roses in the space formerly occupied by 3 out-of-control Dr. Hueys.
They were so huge that my husband had to wrap a strap around them and pull them out with the Kubota. Even so, I think they left a pretty big root. They were beautiful in full bloom last spring. I apologized to the plants before the killing.
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