I’ve tested and written about roses that stand out before. Many roses in my test garden are just bursting into bloom, soon to be written about for their terrific qualities. But, there are 5 that stand out as the most prone to disease so far for me. Yes, I am in the San Francisco Bay Area, so some roses are not as disease resistant here, but most I grow are. I feel if many roses can grow well here, then those that sit next to those doing well but can’t do well in the same conditions, aren’t preferable to me.
These 5 disease prone roses, and their problems in my growing tests:
- Honor - An older hybrid tea rose. This rose has a nice flower, and I have written about it before just for the flower. But, it has few flowers, easily wilts if not watered enough, and easily gets aphids, rust, and black spot on the leaves.
- Henry Fonda - A hybrid tea rose well known for bright yellow flowers. Although pretty, with a decent bud count, this rose easily gets diseased leaves.
- Climbing Blaze of Glory - A slow growing climbing rose. This rose easily wilts without enough water and leaves damage with disease and insects.
- Sundance - A grandiflora rose which gets a lot of leaf problems, including black spot and rust.
- Crimson Flame - A slow growing Floribunda rose which got many damaged leaves for me.
I hope this helps, and in the future as other roses do well, or don’t do well in tests, I plan to include photos of their leaves as well as flowers. Search for roses on Amazon.com.
