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Re: Rugosa -Reply

You might try "Topaz Jewel" for a yellow
rugosa.  I've only seen pictures and read about
it, don't kow about its disease resistance, but
thought I'd pass on the name since your "Midas
Touch" is gone, gone, gone.

>>> <lowery@teamzeon.com> 08/06/98
05:01am >>>




Valerie Lowery@ZEON
08/06/98 09:06 AM

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!

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.

Any other roses perform like the rugosas?

Val in KY
zone 6a
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