Re: Roses
I read an interesting article recently, about Black Spot in roses.
Part of this write-up was saying about roses bred by Kordes are usually healthy and vigorous. It says:
[Quote] The health and vigour of Kordes roses isn't a fluke. This company stopped spraying their rose beds in 1976 because eco-minded young German gardeners had virtually written off the rose as a good garden plant.
Initially, whole fields of roses went down with disease until fewer than 10 healthy specimens were left. These formed the basis of a new breeding programme and within ten years Kordes had bred a range of healthy, modern roses, and German gardeners responded by planting them.
They are now grown in many countries and their brave move has inspired other rose breeders to raise healthy roses too, so few trial fields are sprayed nowadays.
All roses have a breeding name in brackets after their commercial name.
Those bfed by Kordes begin with KOR.] [UNQUOTE]
I thought that interesting and worth knowing, and I shall be looking out for Kordes roses as I always get Black Spot here, no matter how careful I am.