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Rose virus #871870
Asked June 06, 2024, 11:33 AM EDT
I have a New Dawn rose that has some strange new growth that looks different than the rest. It's not discolored, but the leaves are different. I've included some of the normal looking growth in the pictures
Montgomery County Maryland
Expert Response
The growth at the top by the flower bud looks like it could be the start of rose rosette with the witches bloom type growth. You can sanitize your pruners with some rubbing alcohol and watch for more symptoms. If more growth looks indicative of rose rosette, then you will want to remove the rose incase you have others so the disease doesn't travel. It is passed on by a mite that easily travels in the wind.
Rose rosette won't stay in the soil, but if this rose got it, it could have come from a wild multiflora rose that is nearby so the likelihood of it happening again would be high.
Emily
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