Please help. I am a beginner at flower husbandry, and after receiving my first few double KO roses for my birthday in April I have recently began to notice an abundance of red foliage. While I know red pigmented leaves can show growth, it just seems too much and the leaves seem a feathery in my opinion.
After reading about RRD for the past couple of hours I am almost certain it has it, but again I am not sure because I have never seen RRD in person before, and I would be distraught if my first roses did contract this disease.
Please help diagnose the underlying problem as I am desperate to help my flowers, and if they do have it is possible for me to just cut a few shoots away..
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost
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That's happy, husky new growth coming up.
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Rose Rosette usually causes excessive thorniness as well as red witches broom foliage. So far I don't think this growth is really typical of the disease. Is there a lot of Rose Rosette in your area? If not I might watch the plants for a couple more days to see whether the red growth turns into normal leaves.
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost
President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada
Webmaster: osnnv.org
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This is really great to hear! I'll keep an eye out on them to see how they grow, but thank you so much!
