Rose Rosette Disease is a problem affecting roses across the country, and it is here at Minnetrista. This virus, also called witches’-broom, infects rose plants and is spread by the eriophyid mite.

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, ...

FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - North Texas is at the epicenter of a rose-killing disease, and the Fort Worth Botanic Garden is grateful they have any roses at all the Valentine's Day after they had to ...

CELINA — Rose rosette disease – what it is and how experts are dealing with it – will be the topic of a meeting Nov. 12 at Chambersville Tree Farms, 7032 County Road 971, Celina. The event will be ...

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.

Budding roses make a lot of gardeners anxious. They inspect the bushes regularly, looking for the dreaded signs of rose rosette disease. Are those crimson shoots just new growth, or are they the first ...

Roses infected with rose rosette develop a dark, purple-red discoloration that can be confused with new growth. There is no treatment for the virus, which is spread by wind-blown mites. David Pulliam ...