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What does it mean when a Rose grower retires a Rose

Good morning well David Austin is always using the word "Retiring" Roses the reason being just think of the quint essential English garden and a rose will invariably spring to mind. Their sweet scent and plush petals have long been prized by gardeners, but now some of the most beloved varieties are being retired by growers due to climate breakdown and pests.Though their use in gardens is thought to have originated in China and Iraq, for hundreds of years they have been a prize bloom across England.David Austin and other's have said they have had to retire some of their most well-loved species because they are no longer practicable to grow.As well as flower quality, selection has always been influenced by resistance to diseases such as black spot and powdery mildew. As the climate has changed rapidly over the last few years, especially wet mild springs and hot dry summers, these diseases have become more damaging. This is partly due to the fact that rose plants are less suited to the new climatic conditions so more susceptible to disease.”

Pests also thrive in the muggier conditions brought to England by the climate emergency. “The humid conditions in spring also suit the biology of the fungal pests themselves. This has meant that plant breeders have had to put a greater emphasis on disease resistance by introducing genes (through hybridisation) from more disease resistant plants. These are often the more wild types of rose that have a natural disease resistance. It also means that some varieties (including some old favourites) are now too disease prone to be viable.”​

 

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Good afternoon @katecat58 well this thread is for members Roses which includes you all ,I would like if possible that the thread stays almost on Topic we would all like you to contribute to this thread and any other thread as we are all one now and we don't want any dividing lines and I for one am looking forward to seeing all our new friends Roses

 

Good afternoon @Busy-Lizzie they look lovely and healthy and well cared for thanks for sharing them with us

 

Good afternoon It really is refreshing and revigerating to get all this interest in Roses and without wishing to offend any new Members can we please keep this Thread on Topic has we do like to keep all our threads on Topic as much as we can this Thread was created for images and conversations about "Members Roses" if you would like a new thread for Discounts and offers and uncle Tom Cobbley and all by all means start one and I will make it a sticky thread or let me know the title and I could do it for you Thank you

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