If you are a rose person (and you know who you are), roses are not only the centerpiece of your garden but are the plant that commands most of your attention. I’m not a rose person, if you can’t tell.

Find out everything you need to know about rose rosette disease to prevent, diagnose, and manage it so you can reduce its spread. If you’ve ever seen a rose bush that looked like something out of a ...

Long prized for their striking flowers and wonderful scent, roses are a garden staple in landscapes around the world. But it is not uncommon these days to see rose plants in which something seems off.

The Rose Rosette Disease does not appear at this time to have a cure and most people at this point haven’t even heard of it. Fortunately for me, I heard a speaker at the Ag Extension Building speak on ...

Q: By all accounts, my rose garden succumbed to a virus this summer called rose rosette. It is truly a horrific process to watch. Should I remove the bushes or wait to see how they fare in the coming ...

Rose leaf rosette is a virus which attacks roses and causes strangely deformed stems, leaves and flowers. The disease requires a eriophyid mite to transfer the disease between plants. These mites are ...

Although I’m trained as a horticulturist rather than a plant pathologist, it is necessary in my field to have some understanding of the problems encountered by various kinds of plants and find a way ...

“My roses were looking kind of funky last year, and I am concerned about rose rosette disease. How would I know if they have rose rosette disease?” — C.T. Rose rosette disease is a plant virus that is ...

Rose rosette disease (RRD) is a rose disease that has been in existence since the 1940s but that did not have a wide impact on the rose industry or those of us who grow them for many decades. However, ...

Master Gardeners recently visited a lovely garden but to our dismay we had to tell the owners that all their roses were infected with a viral disease, called Rose Rosette Disease. This is a serious ...

Roses are often an integral part of gardens. Whether it’s the home gardener, a business or a city municipality, roses are often incorporated into the landscape as a way to add instant color. Knock Out ...

Telltale signs of a rose bush infected with rose rosette disease are clusters of deformed red leaves, called "witches' brooms," with an overgrowth of many tiny thorns. If your roses don’t look quite ...