You might check to make sure those particular bushes are receiving as much water as they want before changing anything else. Perhaps increasing their water might result in them replacing their foliage, keeping it healthier and flowering as desired. It can be quite surprising how just being as close to cement as they appear to be, raises their demand for extra water. If you really want to keep the variety and not spray it, the idea may be worth exploring. Good luck! Kim

Thanks for the feedback. They are 3 feet away from the cement. They looked gorgeous until we had high heat followed by a week of 40 degree nights and cool days. That seemed to do them in. But all other roses are fine. I forgot to mention my two Crown Princess Margaret. All fine. Only the Heritage was the problem. You know now that you mention it, I have another Heritage bush in a different garden and that one does not seem to have the issues as bad. I wonder if the cement could be the problem. I hate to spend another year moving the roses a foot away only to find out two years from now I toss them anyway. I am not a young person and so years mean something different now. I would love to hear more experiences or opinions. Thanks again.

And they are young plants, it might be good to give them another season and see what you think. In the mean time you can propagate some Belinda's Dream canes and replace if you are not happy, BD seems to root easy for me.

I have no idea how to propagate roses so I guess I will go there next.

I found a few roses of would be replacements there. Zaide, Queen of Sweden (not very fragrant?), and Scepter'd Isle.

Thanks,

Terri

The yellow leaves with large brown patches are probably from cercospora rather than blackspot, but there may be some blackspot too. You are in one of the world's worst climates for blackspot where very few varieties will be clean without spray, and those that don't blackspot will get cercospora. Give 'Mother of Pearl' a try. It is hardy, BS resistant for me, and great for cutting. (Here we also have extreme BS pressure.)

We eventually got rid of it because the blooms were so fleeting.

Doesn't 'Iceberg' have some problems, where blackspot pressure is high?

Jeri

We had some very hot weather recently and I have yellow leaves on many of my roses. I probably didn't water enough.

BTW, I've never seen a Heritage flower look like that one.

As for Scepter'd Isle, it will have some BS problems and its blooms do not last very long, although it is pretty good on re-bloom. Can't imagine it as a hedge-like rose--it is more slender and arching.

As for your current bushes, just pick off the yellow leaves and it should look considerably better.

Kate