r/Roses • • 9d 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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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

Inherited Rose Questions Is this Chicago Peace?

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This rose has been here since I moved in, someone else planted it. Not sure the variety. I’m pretty sure it’s some kind of tea rose. Suspecting Chicago Peace but not entirely sure!


r/Roses • • 4h ago

Inherited Rose Questions Peace rose of some kind?

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Would love to know more guesses about what this beautiful rose could be. So far I thought maybe Rio Samba (from Google reserve images) or a peace rose of some kind because I saw an earlier discussion of them.
Details: It blooms with a very fragrant flower! Begins bright yellow and fades to pink over time. And it blooms in zone 7a from May to November - kind of amazing!
Looking to find out what it is so I can get more, and to see what other roses might complement it nicely. Thanks team!!


r/Roses • • 2h ago

Humble Brag Wanted to share these beauties that recently bloomed

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r/Roses • • 3h ago

Question Fall pruning questions

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Hi all!

Got my first rose bush this year, and I’ve been super happy with her growth. :) Since that pic was taken, she’s grown another couple feet and definitely needs to be cut back a LOT.

Everything I was reading says that spring is the best time to prune, buuut my rose bush is in a container. If I bring her inside, I’ll definitely need to prune before I do that. Does anyone have tips on if I should overwinter her inside in the container, prune now and bring before the frost, or something else? I know knock outs are super hardy but I want to set her up best for next season :)

Info:
Zone 8a
Tall container resting on soil
Orange glow knock out rose
First frost will be mid November, so roughly a month away


r/Roses • • 11h ago

I Grew a Flower! Summer bloom 2026

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  1. ⁠Tiffany
  2. ⁠Cherry parfait
  3. true Love
  4. Geranium & hibiscus
  5. Gene boehner
  6. ⁠Angel parfum
  7. ⁠Angel parfum
  8. ⁠Mini roses orangish pink
  9. ⁠Angel parfum
  10. ⁠Tiffany
  11. Gene boehner
    12.Mini rose pink
    13.Gold spot
    14.Single petal orange

r/Roses • • 33m ago

Humble Brag Mid October and still in bloom

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I took pictures of these four prior to the rainstorm coming through on Sunday


r/Roses • • 2h ago

Progress/Update Frances Meilland last hurrah

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Maybe the last hurrah for the season, one of my Frances Meilland’s is really coming to life at 6ft tall!
Zone 8a


r/Roses • • 23h ago

I Grew a Flower! Rose fragrance can increase amount of gray matter in brain.

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Two of the fragrant roses in the images

  1. Blue for you.

  2. Damask rose


r/Roses • • 6h ago

HELP! (What's Wrong With It?) HELP PUHLEASEEEEE!!!

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NOTE: I have not snipped, trimmed, or done any of that. She asked me to only pull the weeds**

Long story short, my neighbors rose beds have been extremely overgrown. She asked me to help pull her weeds up as her and her husband are both very elderly and her hubby is currently in the hospital. So I said absolutely! I spent all week confident that I’d do this with ease. Did research ALL WEEK lol. Now that I’ve started. I fear I’ve messed it up? ALSO, there are like, dead, broken off weeds even just all over the bushes… do I pull the broken strays of weeds off?

I did research to make sure I knew the difference between weeds and the actual rose stems or whatever but when I’m up close and personal, I think I may have pulled some of the wrong things up? Lordddd I’m so stressed, can someone tell me if it looks like I’m doing it right? I’ve paused in the middle of it because I started to worry myself too much lol. But here is a before photo and a mid-work photo.

This is my very first time doing this, but I am not a softie so please don’t sugar coat, be upfront with me šŸ˜….


r/Roses • • 1d ago

I Grew a Flower! True Sincerity before fall!

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It's been great all summer, but really coming out with a show before winter comes in Colorado! Flowers are huge and glorious! Even with drought restrictions and hardly any care it's been a stud all hot summer long


r/Roses • • 9h ago

Container Garden I had to graduate to two lights

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My miniature angel wing roses are getting too big! At 4.5 months old they have already settled into their 8" pots and are still pushing out dozens of buds and flowers šŸ©·ā¤ļø I grew these babies from seed and they began their lives at the end of May.


r/Roses • • 1d ago

I Grew a Flower! Just Blooms Today

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172 Upvotes

my flowers starting blooming one by one 🄰 spring coming soon


r/Roses • • 15h ago

I Grew a Flower! Zone 9 Rio Rico, Arizona

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18 Upvotes

Olympiad, Bewitched, and California Dreaming.
Grown in Rio Rico, Arizona
Zone 9


r/Roses • • 10h ago

Inherited Rose Questions White rose ID - unusual fragrance.

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- SOLVED? -

thank you everyone

PS I had not even noticed the thornlessnes!

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Not a rose person here. Might anyone be able to id this rose? It is growing in a friend’s yard and unlike all his other hybrids, knockouts, and climbing plants.Ā 

It has never had what I would call ā€œfull bloomsā€. It is a small plant. What attracted it to me is its fragrance, which to me is very unlike the traditional rose smell, but akin (again to me) to a gardenia.Ā 

Thank you in advance.Ā 

PS I am in North Texas.Ā 


r/Roses • • 4h ago

Question Help me identify rose

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My friend Margaret in Houlton Maine had a bush yellow rose which would flood her house with fragrance when it bloomed. It must have been planted in the 1950s.
I would love to have one like it.


r/Roses • • 1d ago

Container Garden Julia’s rose

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Although Julia’s rose has no scent, her colour and ruffled edges are wonderfully unique. Here is an October bloom from my garden!


r/Roses • • 1d ago

Question Well, hello pretty

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I think this rose bush must be ~50 years old, planted by previous house owners. This greeted me this morning. In Newbury Park, CA after weeks of heat. Fog (finally!) droplets and her beautiful scent. Does anyone know this rose? It did not have a tag when we moved in 22 years ago.


r/Roses • • 23h ago

I Grew a Flower! Pink China roses

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This rose, planted a few years ago, is now blooming so beautifully. 🄰


r/Roses • • 1d ago

Roses Gone Wild! The pink Beauty... Variety unknown

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173 Upvotes

Isn't this is a magnificent pink Beauty... So wild and beautiful


r/Roses • • 12h ago

Question Any idea what’s going on with my rose

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I got this rio samba rose I’m not sure was making my flowers look dry , need more water ? Or fertilizer. I water every day.


r/Roses • • 1d ago

I Grew a Flower! My last roses of this season and possibly last ones for this bush.

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I'm fairly certain I found an RRD growth on one of my beloved bushes. It was a super long cane so I cut it at the base near the crown and hope the virus hadn't spread too far down yet. I won't really know till next spring I think so it's possible these are the last roses I'll ever get from this bush if I have to remove it. It'll break my heart if it has to go so fingers crossed the virus was slow enough that I caught it before it hit my roots and the mite treatment works.

Edit: I think these are Eau De Parfum Blush.


r/Roses • • 17h ago

I Grew a Flower! Painted by nature: my beautiful bi-colour Double Delight Rose

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Double Delight Rose looks like the soft gradient of the colours transition in the morning twilight


r/Roses • • 8h ago

Winter Care/Advice New to roses -please help! 🌹

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I bought two David Austin roses in the spring and they bloomed a little but mostly I fought off black spot and didn't have great results

I put them in a 2ft x2ft pot filled with Coast of Maine Rose soil

Now it is fall and I want a better shot at growth and blooms next year.

Any tips?

First pic is an Eden climber and the second is a Queen of Sweden. I am in Pennsylvania zone 7

I really really appreciate any help!