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Joannabanana said:My friend has. 2 roses with galls on the new growth. The galls are solid. Should she dig out the roses. Not much info available on galls. & what to do. It is a big infestation and nearly all the stems have it.

I have this gall on my shrub roses and have tried to get rid of it for years by cutting them off. The stems that it grows on will get distorted and eventually die even if you cut the galls off. We had a rose specialist who is a trial grower for new roses for our district Horticulture meeting and I asked her about it. She said if they continue for more then a year you might as well dig up the plant and discard it as it will never be nice again. My William Baffin got dug this week and discarded and my other three shrub roses are in the works to get dug up as soon as I get time.
Mine were planted at different times, quite a ways apart in my garden but the insect that causes them finds them wherever they are, so I'm guessing if that insect is in your area, you might have a hard time growing shrub roses.