KaySidhu said:Hi folks! I'm new to the site. A bit of context related to my question:
My family moved to Northern California from Michigan this past August.... We inherited about 30 rose bushes from the previous homeowners. Sadly, I have zero experience/knowledge of roses. I have bought and added the Bayer 3 in 1 to the bushes as the owners had left some of this behind because I noticed some aphids and rust/black spots on the leaves of a few bushes. But I wonder if they have been afflicted by RRD. I'm attaching pictures and would love insight and/or guidance from the group.
dana said:
hi, I don't see anything that looks like rrd in these pics. rrd is kind of unmistakable. It looks really gnarly and not like any plant should. the red growth you see is normal new growth. the misshapen bud was nibbled on at some point. they look like they just need some good fertilizer and maybe a pruning. clean up all the leaf litter with black spot so it dosn't return to the soil. Those 3 buds are a cluster. different rose types have different ways of blooming. hybrid teas are usually a single bloom on one stem. this is how I got addicted to roses. we bought a house and I thought the rose bushes were thickets. I was to busy inside to worry about it and then they bloomed and I was hooked.
fwmosher said:Welcome to the Forum: I don't see anything looking like RRD in your pics.
I do see what appears to be Black Spot on one rose, and the buds that appear to be "nipped" on another, could very well be thrips and/or saw fly slugs, the latter (green worms on under side of leaves). There is also a brown inchworm-like caterpillar, which can do a job on a rose bud. The Bayer 3 in 1 is one of those nicotinoids as the pesticide part. May be very less harmful to bees, administered at soil level rather than sprayed. Don't know. Cheers.
pepper23 said:Looks like fresh new growth to me. The top one looks more like a climber but it could be the way it was pruned at some point.
Calif_Sue said:All normal new growth, some varieties produce reddish growth, some don't.
My Lady Emma Hamilton is all reddish-bronze in the spring.
- Rose (Rosa 'Lady Emma Hamilton')
- Uploaded by Calif_Sue
Calif_Sue said:Ahhh, Neighbors! Lovely weather for gardening!
A climber, a rose that has long canes that can be trained on fences, arbors, pillars and gazebos. Most climbing roses are variations of bush-type varieties. If you train/tie a long can horizontally, it develops more blooms all along the cane.
fwmosher said:Might be "Golden Gate" as well. BUT, you have to get this RRD out of your mind! You refer to it again in a later post. You will probably never see it in your lifetime. It's like Fox Tv and taking an absolute dribble comment, and turning same into "fact" before the show is over. Roses are meant to enjoy, not to get an ulcer over worrying about them. Cheers!
fwmosher said:Might be "Golden Gate" as well. BUT, you have to get this RRD out of your mind! You refer to it again in a later post. You will probably never see it in your lifetime. It's like Fox Tv and taking an absolute dribble comment, and turning same into "fact" before the show is over. Roses are meant to enjoy, not to get an ulcer over worrying about them. Cheers!