Pests and Diseases
Wild roses are host plants for a number of pests and diseases. Many of these are also shared with other plants, including especially other genera of the Rosaceae.
Cultivated roses are often subject to severe damage from insect, arachnid and fungal pests and diseases. In many cases they cannot be usefully grown without regular treatment to control these problems.
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“How we love sequestering, where no pests are pestering.”
—Lorenz Hart (1895–1943)
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