Q: While deadheading our rose bushes I found what appears to be rust. What causes this and is there anything I can do to prevent it? - Cliff Bjornstad, Fargo A: Rust is a fungus disease and by your ...

Roses do not have thorns; they have prickles. But there ARE “thorns” in the rose garden. Their names are botrytis, black spot, rust, downy mildew, anthracnose and cerospora leaf spot. They are all ...

Remember when you would walk into the classroom and your teacher would announce a pop quiz? Sometimes this felt like punishment, but the quizzes were often a great learning tool. Now’s your chance to ...

Nothing takes the peace and relaxation out of stopping to smell the roses quite like an unsightly fungal disease. Rose bushes (Rosa), even those that claim to be resistant, often suffer from black ...

“My roses were looking kind of funky last year, and I am concerned about rose rosette disease. How would I know if they have rose rosette disease?” — C.T. Rose rosette disease is a plant virus that is ...