Roses Flashcards
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Large flowered bush roses (hybrid tea)
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Formally known as hybrid tea.
Upright growth with large flowers normally carrier one to a stem.
Developed in the 19th century by crossing tea roses with the hybrid perpetual combining the robustness and freedom of flowering if the hybrid perpetual with the elegance of the tea roses.
Good examples are rose ‘moon shadow’ and rose ‘american pride’
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Cluster flowered bush roses (floribundas)
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Formally known as floribundas.
Similar habit to hybrid teas but have smaller flowers carried in large clusters and flowering over a long period of time.
Good examples are rose ‘margaret merril’, Rosa ‘sexy rexy’ and Rosa ‘montbatten’
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Pests and diseases of roses
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Aphids Rose black spot Rose powdery mildew Rose dieback Rose leaf-rolling sawfly
