Re: GWL - Plants and Cultural Conditions

**"* B* <l*@msn.com>**

Hi, Judy!

I'm the one who gets the black spot instantaneously on Knockout roses.  I'm in Brookfield, CT., far inland from the ocean in an average, hilly New England location. We're considered part of the Housatonic Valley region, a low spot that is also a cold pocket so if you look on a zone map, we appear to be zone 6, but are really more like 5.  Humidity isn't out of range with other New England locations.  I would tell you, however, that other gardening friends of mine that are closer to the shore DON'T get black spot, so that doesn't seem to be an issue.  

The key part of this for me is that in the same garden with the same conditions, the Easy Elegance roses, Fairy, Carefree Wonders, and Home Run don't get black spot.  When I speak on roses, the underlying message to my audience is always to know your conditions as best you can because as is evident by this discussion, each garden is a unique set of conditions when it comes to these beauties. 

Lorraine 

Lorraine Ballato 
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