Foliage And Stipules One of the most attractive things about "Old Town Novato" is the foliage. Considering the water stress and other conditions of this feral rose, the foliage is remarkably disease-free. Novato's climate is benign, with hot, dry summers and cool, rainy winters, at least relative to most of the San Francisco Bay Area. Still, there are many roses that find plenty of fungi even in the best of climates!
The only disease of note on OTN is powdery mildew on the peduncles. There is no powdery mildew of URCHP's peduncles; instead, URCHP gets blackspot, like other 'Gloire des Rosomanes' offspring.
Note the distinctive pink stripe down the middle of the stipules. This stripe is present on "Old Town Novato" and on "Union Redwood Cemetery HP." It appeared to be absent on "Jay's Hudson Crimson."
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Foliage And Stipules
One of the most attractive things about "Old Town Novato" is the foliage. Considering the water stress and other conditions of this feral rose, the foliage is remarkably disease-free. Novato's climate is benign, with hot, dry summers and cool, rainy winters, at least relative to most of the San Francisco Bay Area. Still, there are many roses that find plenty of fungi even in the best of climates!
The only disease of note on OTN is powdery mildew on the peduncles. There is no powdery mildew of URCHP's peduncles; instead, URCHP gets blackspot, like other 'Gloire des Rosomanes' offspring.
Note the distinctive pink stripe down the middle of the stipules. This stripe is present on "Old Town Novato" and on "Union Redwood Cemetery HP." It appeared to be absent on "Jay's Hudson Crimson."