KATE KARON wrote:

Albuquerque is in the high desert, at about 5000 feet. It's DRY here,
above 90 in summer, but down to 60 at night. I think that the summer
weather is prone to mildew.

Anybody have any ideas?

Is there still a Southwest(ern) Rose Society?

Better than that. There's Mack's rose site, a rosarian guy in Socorro
who grows lots and lots of roses.

http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/~mstephen/ros99.htm

I figure if he can grow roses there, you should be able to do the same
kinds of things in Albuquerque. Of course, he has a big ditch to
irrigate from.

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