Rose Rosette Disease is a problem affecting roses across the country, and it is here at Minnetrista. This virus, also called witches’-broom, infects rose plants and is spread by the eriophyid mite.

The Rose Rosette Disease does not appear at this time to have a cure and most people at this point haven’t even heard of it. Fortunately for me, I heard a speaker at the Ag Extension Building speak on ...

Budding roses make a lot of gardeners anxious. They inspect the bushes regularly, looking for the dreaded signs of rose rosette disease. Are those crimson shoots just new growth, or are they the first ...

Bad things can happen to good plants — even when you carefully tend to them. It’s a sad fact that gardeners — and garden centers — deal with year in, year out. That’s how it is with Anderson’s Home ...

Rose rosette disease (RRD) is a rose disease that has been in existence since the 1940s but that did not have a wide impact on the rose industry or those of us who grow them for many decades. However, ...

The term “witch’s broom” probably conjures up images of Harry Potter playing quidditch or the Wicked Witch of the West berating Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz.” But in the plant world, it’s something ...