[Rose-list] Rugosas/ disease free

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OH good, so 'Sir Thomas Lipton' can be kept in check, some.  The one I saw
must have been 5 1/2 -6 feet tall... and much bigger around.

I see that some of my roses are "adjusting" from being new (and dragged
about the garden some) trying to establish... but those that can't handle my
NO poison garden (thus far) will be move out for those that can.  Someone on
a forum said that you really get the FULL benifit of organic rose growing in
about 4 years... I see it working already... 'William Shakespeare' is MUCH
better than last year, but still room for some improvement.

           ~ Carleen ~
Keeper of Sheep & Old Roses

From:  Phillip
> I have a 2nd year 'Sir Thomas Lipton', so he has only been in the ground
> one year and he is 4' tall.   I have topped him a couple of times to help
> him bush out.  All the other roses in the same bed are affected by
> blackspot
> but 'STL' is mostly free.  He bloomed heavily in the spring and is
starting
> to rebloom now.  Stiff and upright, he is nice and bushy, while a lot of
> my other roses are starting to straggle.
>
> I'm starting to see why disease free roses are so important.
>
> Phillip
> Sadorus, IL
> zone 5

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