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I’ve had this rose in my garden for 3 years. It’s on the smaller side, and is a nice size for the front of the border in my garden, and the leaves seem very resistant to blackspot. The flowers come in huge flushes, and it’s not easy to find two that are exactly the same color. I’ve seen pink-, salmon-, and orange-colored flowers on this shrub, and sometimes all three at the same time. I don’t recall much fragrance, but it does a lovely job of being healthy and blooming its heart out. My garden is in zone 7b, in a humid environment, with alkaline clay. Sierra Lady has dealt with all of it, and also with overhead watering (it’s near the vegetable garden). The stems are way too short for cut flowers, but I do love seeing these flowers in the landscape. :)
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Does anyone have a Peach Swirl that doesn’t have Mosaic virus? Will the RMV eventually kill my rose? This is one of the most vigorous growers in my garden, and seems to have good black spot resistance (a very good thing here on the east coast!). This rose, even with RMV, wasn’t badly affected by black spot and didn’t seem to mind the few spots it did get. It put out several flushes of flowers, and was one of the most floriferous roses in my garden. It powered through the spotted lanterfly infestation in my county (the nymphs love tender new growth, and Peach Swirl is very vigorous), seemed untroubled by my compacted, heavy clay soil, and seemed absolutely fine with the extra waterings it got (from an overhead sprinkler!) because it’s next to the vegetable garden. Heat and humidity didn’t seem to bother it; it just kept putting out beautiful healthy, fast-growing basals — with mottled RMV leaves. Rain doesn’t ruin the flowers, the Japanese beetles were all too busy enjoying my “Strike it Rich” to bother Peach Swirl. It seems ok with cold, too. It was one of my last roses to flower last fall, and the leaves are still looking pretty good now (we’ve had rain, snow and sleet several days in the past few weeks).
If this rose dies from RMV, I’ll definitely want another one to replace it with. It really brightens up the area. The flowers are fragrant in my garden, and so beautiful. The fall flush, especially, was amazing. I didn’t know what RMV was when I brought this rose home, but I’m definitely happy to give it garden space because it really is a fantastic rose.
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22 JAN 22 by
StefanDC
Don't worry about RMV killing your rose--it's not lethal, and often has only a mild impact on the rose's performance, but it is too bad that the rose hasn't been propagated in a more conscientious way. In this day and age, there is no excuse for new introductions to be infected with RMV.
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Your comments regarding rose mosaic virus are right on. I acquired a plant of Peach Swirl 2 months ago. It has fully leafed out and ready to bloom. So far there is no evidence of RMV. The disease is most likely to manifest in the first growth flush. However RMV is a quirky disease so I will closely watch the plant moving forward. According to Malcolm Manners, noted expert on RMV, about 20% of the roses available to the public in the US are infected with RMV. I can understand the situation when an older rose, prior to 1990, is infected. It is a sad situation when a recently introduced cultivar is virused. If Peach Swirl turns out to be a really good rose and there is no virus free stock available, it should be considered for viral elimination by heat treatment.
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I live in a humid area, NJ zone 7b, and garden in heavy, alkaline, slow-draining clay. I don’t use sprays in my garden, aside from dormant oil, and I love Earth-Kind roses because they do well without a spray schedule. The Fairy is no exception. This little plant asks for very little but gives loads of blooms in return. I see no black spot on this rose, and Japanese Beetles tend to ignore it. Even the Spotted Lantern Fly nymphs leave this rose alone, for the most part. It’s my favorite kind of rose: easy! The sprays really look gorgeous in vases with hybrid teas or dahlias. The Fairy is definitely one I’ll always want to grow.
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I planted Mrs. R.M.Finch in my NJ zone 7B garden two summers ago. Like my other polyanthas, it doesn’t seem at all unhappy in my heavy, slow-draining, alkaline clay. It has healthy leaves, flowers often, and the flushes are very full. In my no-spray garden, Mrs.R.M. Finch shrugs off black spot. It’s growing more wide than tall. I’ve read that it sets hips, but mine has not, yet. I planted this rose near a walkway, and I’m glad I did because it seems to be always in bloom. It’s just a nice workhorse of a rose.
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