Thank you,
I think Im going to cut down the "climber" Dr. Huey , and dig out all the
roots and plant in a new climber instead to take it's place. It may take a
couple years to establish it, but I think it will be worth it in the long
run. I dont live in an extremely moist and humid environment (zone 08a),
but thats just what I feel, not what my roses feel.

That also explains the rose in the center of one area that I may have
thought was mismarked, when in reality it might have been another bush that
was eaten by the dog, and I planted anyway, perhaps Dr. Huey came up out of
the soil and I wasn't paying attention.

Time to get rid of Dr. Huey so that next year I dont have this mildew
problem.


"Unique Too" wrote in message
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: "GamePlayer No. 1058" writes:
:
: The one climber that came up on it's own is full of mildew (I went to the
: store and got some spray, then took a closer look at the climber, it's
got
: mildew all over the place). At first I didnt think so, but then I
noticed
: the other rose bushes that have it are my color magic, BUT, it's not
: actually on the Color Magic, it's on a sucker that grew out last year,
and
: this sucker has the same flowers that my climber does.
:
: Theres also another climber that was mismarked from home depot from last
: year, it wasnt marked as a climber, but it's showing that it is a climber
: AND has the same flowers as my other climbers.
:
:
: All three of your "climbers" are Dr. Huey the rootstock of the original
rose.
:
: So, are they more suseptable to disease like white powder mildew?
:
: And, yes, Dr. Huey is more suseptable to powdery milder and blackspot than
many
: other roses. Not all roses are created equal. Dr. Huey is a good
rootstock
: for many areas, but it isn't the most disease resistant variety out there.
: