“Garden Tips” from The Home of President Andrew Jackson – Video 1

Garden tips from master gardener Michael Grantham at The Home of President Andrew Jackson. Michael explains how to take care of Rose Rosette Disease that cause harm to most roses both historic and non-historic.

Script:
My name’s Michael Grantham I am the Historic Garden Manager
Here at The Hermitage
and we’re dealing with Rose Rosette
disease in roses, and it is a virus that is effecting
all roses and
usually the easiest sign is this distorted
growth
discolored some of this is still green but you can start to see
this pinkish color to it
warty growth that is just nasty looking
there’s no cure for it
only thing to do is prune it out of the plant which we pruned it out of this
double
Chestnut Rose, just prune it back as far as you can go with it
and after each cut
and especially in between this
rose bush and the next one you want
sterilizer pruners saw
whatever
instrument you use you know sterilizer
with the
rubbing alcohol or I’ve use peroxide
or bleach water solution
to anything though wall kill the the
virus
and once you’re done
with each plant or you remove any the
infected material
bag it and put in the trash
do not put it in the compost pile or
throw it in the woods get rid of it
immediately don’t let the stuff sit
around this is a big threat
to all roses historic and non-historic
especially in here when you have these large chestnut roses
brand new roses
that we just planted here in the garden try to
do anything we can to protect them so
that
about all we can do as far as
dealing with this
threat