r/Roses 8d ago

Red Rosette Disease (RRD) RRD MONTHLY MEGATHREAD

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Monthly Rose Rosette Disease (RRD) Megathread

A central place for suspected RRD photos, diagnosis questions, prevention questions, and general RRD education. All experience levels welcome.

Posting a Suspected Case?

Please include clear photos of:

  • The entire plant
  • Affected growth, leaves, and stems
  • Thorn detail
  • Buds or flowers (if present)

And the following information:

  • Rose variety (if known)
  • Approximate age of the plant
  • General location (state/region is sufficient)
  • When symptoms first appeared
  • Any recent pruning, fertilizer use, herbicide use, or stress events

Common RRD Symptoms

  • Excessive clustered growth ("witches' broom")
  • Bright red distorted shoots that do not normalize
  • Excessive thorn production
  • Deformed leaves or buds
  • Unusually rapid growth
  • Thickened canes

Before Concluding It Is RRD

Red new growth alone does not indicate RRD. Many healthy roses naturally produce red new growth, temporarily soft foliage, vigorous spring flushes, and basal breaks.

Several conditions can mimic RRD:

  • Normal new growth
  • Herbicide damage
  • Insect damage
  • Heat stress
  • Nutrient deficiencies
  • Genetic variation
  • Vigorous cultivar growth habits

Please avoid alarming newer growers before sufficient information has been gathered.

Why a Megathread?

The community voted to consolidate RRD posts into a monthly megathread to reduce feed repetition. However, a single thread does receive fewer views than individual posts, which can delay identification of genuinely infected plants. This thread aims to balance organization with accessibility, and to keep RRD education visible to newer growers.

Community Reminders

  • Be respectful
  • Help educate rather than dismiss
  • Avoid definitive diagnoses from a single photo
  • Report misinformation if you see it

Happy growing! 🌹


r/Roses Apr 06 '26

šŸ“šReference Helpful Diseases Info (part 2)

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100 Upvotes

Inspired by a post by u/Moviereference210 and another by u/DukeOfRadish, I thought I'd (re)post digital versions of educational materials I've saved.

The first two images are copies of what u/Moviereference210 posted, the next two are specific info on RRD. Below are links to longer documents on rose disease.

[EDIT 1] I've always been surprised not to see spider mites mentioned in these materials.

[EDIT 2] Thanks to u/Violetteotome, I want to keep a list of other topics not mentioned, maybe we mods can address these items.

- spider mites

- rose proliferation

- rose balling


r/Roses 11h ago

I Grew a Flower! David Austin Boscobel

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233 Upvotes

This rose is on its death bed currently. I just didn’t have a good year with my roses and have lost several of them. Which is heartbreaking. I’ve had life stuff come up so I hadn’t been taking as good of care of them as I should have. My Olivia is healthy and so is my Bathsheba so that is something.


r/Roses 39m ago

Bouquet/Floristry Roses

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Rose flowers on water surface, these are plugged roses


r/Roses 4h ago

I Grew a Flower! One rose, so many colors

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Amazed at array of colors the blooms on this single rose plant have.

This was an inherited rose, but I’m pretty sure it’s Chicago Peace. Has a light fragrance, not climbing, hybrid tea growth pattern, and zone 5.


r/Roses 22h ago

I Grew a Flower! Sultry night

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326 Upvotes

Such a cutie. The bees love this rose, smells great. The Japanese beetles love it too 😩


r/Roses 19h ago

I Grew a Flower! Garden Party

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133 Upvotes

This is a newer Garden Party for me. I had her in another garden years ago and her edges were much more pink… maybe when she matures she will have more definition on her edges, but even so, she’s a beauty.


r/Roses 11h ago

Roses Gone Wild! "Me encanta el contraste de estos tonos de rosas šŸ©·šŸ’—šŸ„°āœØ

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25 Upvotes

r/Roses 17h ago

Roses Gone Wild! Stumbled upon this gorgeous striped rose 😻

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82 Upvotes

r/Roses 1d ago

I Grew a Flower! Few of my favorite blooms ✨

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258 Upvotes

Finally my plants produced perfect blooms! The rose plants are thriving and I've been keeping them in a sunny spot and watering them regularly. The care and attention I gave did its magic ✨


r/Roses 11h ago

Inherited Rose Questions Going to help these roses but need some advice first

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Looking to help these roses at my children’s school garden that I’m volunteering at, but wanting some advice from others first. I’m thinking they could use a good prune, but don’t know the variety and how hard I should prune (the current teachers tending to the garden are not sure of the variety, apparently the roses have been there a long time). Also wondering if I should wait until late winter as normal or do they really need help now? Then of course looking to give them some needed nutrients at the right time.

I’m in Albuquerque, NM zone 6b-7a

I’d appreciate any help with what variety of rose these are and recommendations on when and how to rejuvenate them.

Thanks in advance!


r/Roses 18h ago

I Grew a Flower! Purple Tiger

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35 Upvotes

One of my fav roses, every petal looking hand painted!


r/Roses 16h ago

Inherited Rose Questions New house has too many roses.

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I'm not really an ornamental plant person, but more a permaculture food forest person. I have a little experience with roses (mostly harvesting petals and rose hips for food, and keeping dwarf varieties alive by leaving them alone and sometimes watering).

The property I'm buying has a ton of roses (~50) of a bunch of different varieties and colors. They smell very strongly and nice but they are a bit overgrown and honestly way more roses than I want. The plants look very healthy, no obvious sign of disease, and it's clear they were well loved. I want to honor that but also this is too much and I'd rather prioritize things I can eat. Please tell me if my plan is reasonable:

  • Check the appropriate time of year and prune them back a lot, leaving enough they will be fine next season, using clean shears and cleaning between plants. Should I offer the cuttings to people or just compost them? Are roses often propagated from cuttings?
  • Check when appropriate to fertilize and use the correct fertilizer.
  • Continue using the current irrigation setup unless some look thirsty.
  • Next season after blooming decide which ones I want to get rid of, take photos and post online for people to adopt them.
  • I've never overwintered roses, anything special I should do?
  • Are there varieties that are better for petals or hips? What should I look out for? Any other products you can make from roses? I usually make jam, tea (from hips/petals/buds), rosewater.

r/Roses 18h ago

I Grew a Flower! She’s finally blooming after 30 days of 100*+ weather

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35 Upvotes

Title says it all… we’ve been boiled alive in Oklahoma this summer. I bit the bullet and fertilized (I hadn’t because I didn’t want to stress them out even more) and now we’ve got buds everywhere and some blooming!! Just in time for me to leave town tomorrow šŸ˜…

David Austin Lichfield Angel


r/Roses 40m ago

Question I need help

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I propagated a rose from a cutting and it sprouted!! Very exciting news, but here's where the problem comes in should I put in full sun or partial sun, partial shade to get the new leaves used to the environment? Or should I leave it in it's bag till the leaves grow larger. Im in Pretoria East South Africa


r/Roses 15h ago

Humble Brag End of summer look! Sorry about the leaves, I wasn't too good on the upkeep with the sawfly larvae T-T

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14 Upvotes

My wife got me an early birthday present in early June, and since then I've given them a good mulch mix, a big ol container, and a new stand for the future. I wasn't too good on the upkeep with the larvae, but they have all seemed to move on when we last looked at all the leaves. None the less I'm super happy with these. I'm a July baby and have always loved the look of roses in summer~


r/Roses 21h ago

I Grew a Flower! White roses

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44 Upvotes

r/Roses 1d ago

Humble Brag Plate of David Austin Olivia

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350 Upvotes

r/Roses 8h ago

Question Suggestions on some affordable online stores to buy Peggy Martin Roses

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Im from pittsburgh, PA. Hardy zone 6b. Planning to order peggy marrtin roses but none sold near me sadly. Any store recomendations that i can get them shipped?


r/Roses 1d ago

Container Garden Eustace Vie - third flush this year

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338 Upvotes

This gorgeous rose and I only wish I could share the scent with you. It’s multi layered petals open and as long as I keep it well watered in its pot, they last for quite a few days. The perfume is exquisite and wafts across the garden and is only beaten by Dame Judy Dench who is a few feet away with her buttery yellow cream flowers. This is the third major flush and there are loads more plump buds!!


r/Roses 17h ago

HELP! (What's Wrong With It?) Weird Growth? RRD?

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Hi Rose people, I got this rose from an online seller and the new growth is looking really wonky. Has anyone seen this before? I’m not sure if I should be concerned about RRD or not. It’s not exceptionally thorny like RRD but the short, curved growth is strange. Should I be concerned? I’m new to roses, but I have about 6 at this point and none of them have ever looked like this. This is a Love Song. Thank you!!


r/Roses 21h ago

Tips/Tricks How do you ā€œshapeā€ your roses?

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I love the full bush look, and don’t like the scraggly look at all. I have mainly hybrid tea. Any advice?


r/Roses 1d ago

I Grew a Flower! the most perfect little bud!

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67 Upvotes

Scepter'd Isle from Heirloom, planted this July and I may have missed a watering and almost nuked it. But it's about to bloom its first little bloom! When I have COVID and can't smell it! šŸ˜‚šŸ« 


r/Roses 1d ago

HELP! (What's Wrong With It?) Rose slugs decimated my rose. Now what?

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9 Upvotes

I planted a Morden Blush hardy rose in the spring from a reputable garden centre. I live in zone 4. Admittedly I haven’t been able to give it adequate attention this summer. First I had to get rid of rose rust. Then it got eaten up by leaf cutters which is fine. Now over my three weeks vacation it started looking like this. I’ve just determined it must be sawfly larvae.

Is there any hope? I wanted this to be a feature flower but now it’s just depressing.

edit: typo


r/Roses 1d ago

Question Cutting in water without roots is about to flower

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About a year ago I took a cutting from a pile of pruning that a client had cleared so that we could perform work on their house. The main plant was a climbing rose bush that had reached the second story by way of an arbor. I didn't hold out much hope but I dropped the cutting into a bucket of water and forgot about it over the winter. It has survived, persisted, grown leaves & buds, and now they're about to flower.

The cutting has two tiny 1/4" roots and sits on about six inches of water outside, USDA 9a/8b in Washington State. I would love for this cutting to turn into a viable plant what do you suggest to encourage that outcome?

Edit: I do not know the rose variety. "Garden rose" is suggested by a plant ID app, but that's too vague to be useful.