Advice needed

[Hector1972]

I bought two roses last year one for my wife and one for my mum

Both of them for Mothers Day

Last uear both plants were lovely, dark green foliage and lovely blooms

Both of them are planted in exactly the same pots

My mums one is still lovely but my wifes is looking a bit worse for wear



As you can see the leaves are small/ deformed

Any ideas as to what the problem is

[Britta]

Did you happen to use any herbicides nearby the rose?

[Hector1972]

Originally Posted by Britta

Did you happen to use any herbicides nearby the rose?

Maybe my wife did will ask her later

Is there any way to rescue it if she has???

[the oldrosarian]

Has anyone near by been using a herbicide as they emit a very fine mist and can travel a long way on a breeze. Some roses are even sensitive to simple lawn weed killers.

[Hector1972]

Originally Posted by the oldrosarian

Has anyone near by been using a herbicide as they emit a very fine mist and can travel a long way on a breeze. Some roses are even sensitive to simple lawn weed killers.

My wife thinks she might have used some Round Up nearby a few of months ago

Will the rose recover or is it a lost cause??

Is there any possible treatment??

[elemire]

You could try cutting off the badly damaged parts (the brown and wrinkled) and hope for the best. Generally roses have 3 bud eyes for each leaf, so to say "spares", from those new branches and leaves can grow. If the canes got damaged as well, there still is a chance that it will get new canes from the graft - the basis of the plant.

Of course, it would be better to be careful with Round-Up in the future.

[Stefanie]

Originally Posted by Hector1972

Maybe my wife did will ask her later

Is there any way to rescue it if she has???

Hi Hector,

welcome to the forum.

unfortunately if the roses have been damaged by herbicides you will need to replace them. There is no cure.

I also see that they are very close to a wooden wall. I had one case were the roses in question looked like yours and in the end it boiled down to rose poisenting by the wood vanish! Did you paint/varnish your wall since the rose was planted?

[the oldrosarian]

Herbicides work by the host slowly drawing down the poison to the roots. It has now been found that RoundUp will stay in the roots and the roots will emit a mild version of the herbicide. So even if you attend to the rose above the soil, there will still be a problem underneath. I would replace the rose bush and then dig out a couple of shovelfulls to make sure the soil is not contaminated for any other new plant. RoundUp drifts even on a calm day. If you have to use it, make some sort of cone to place over the nozzle of the sprayer and then try not to move the wand too quickly.