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Re: Rugosa

"Midas Touch" is NOT a rugosa! It is a Hybrid Tea, and an AARS winner in
1994.

-Dave-

-----Original Message-----
From: lowery@teamzeon.com <lowery@teamzeon.com>
To: rose-list@eskimo.com <rose-list@eskimo.com>
Date: Thursday, August 06, 1998 6:03 AM
Subject: Re: Rugosa


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>Valerie Lowery@ZEON
>08/06/98 09:06 AM
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>May I add my 2 cents to this topic?  After growing teas in this awful
>summertime climate here in Zone 6a (hot, hazy, humid), I was going to give
>up roses completely due to numerous disappointments with blackspot, aphids,
>et al.  Now that I have rugosas, gardening is once again a pleasant
>experience.  No spraying, no bugs, no problems.  I don't water them more
>than anything else in my garden, I don't fertilize them other than once a
>year with a slow-release formula, and they will bloom like gang busters
>every year.  This year, being a cool, wet spring, I actually have had
>repeat blooms from my rugosas.  Talk about happiness!
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>The only disappointment I've add is with 'Midas Touch', a yellow rugosa
>that has succumbed to blackspot occasionally.  This is it's last year
>because I have no tolerance for coddling plants along through the summer.
>It's a losing battle that I don't have the time nor patience to fight.
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>Any other roses perform like the rugosas?
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>Val in KY
>zone 6a
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