Re: Rot and borer resistant iris: a myth
- To: i*@Rt66.com
- Subject: Re: Rot and borer resistant iris: a myth
- From: C*@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 21:40:41 -0400
In a message dated 96-04-19 04:19:06 EDT, you write:
>
> My experience with the David Austin roses is a bit different. I
> grow about 5 or 6 of his varieties. While they are quite beautiful,
> most of the ones that I grow get powdery mildew as badly (or more
> badly) than some of the more modern roses.
Suzanne....this is exactly my experience with the Austin roses (sometimes
called English roses)...powdery mildew AND black spot. Planted beside my
albas, gallicas, hybrid musk, boubon, noisette and tea roses (note, tea not
hybrid tea), which do not have susceptiblity to the mildew and black spot,
the English roses were very disease prone...I have only kept one of the half
dozen I started with...and it will probably go this year. These roses grow
on fences and behind my iris beds...(had to make this an iris subject
somehow! LOL) Clarence Mahan in VA.
