Rose-thorn (or rose gardener’s) disease is a fungus that resides on hay, sphagnum mosses and the tips of rose thorns. It can cause infection, redness, swelling and open ulcers at the puncture site.

DEAR READER: Rose-thorn (or rose gardener’s) disease has the technical name of sporothrix schenckii. It is a fungus that resides on hay, sphagnum mosses and the tips of rose thorns.

Rose rosette disease spread from the Rocky Mountains to the East Coast over several decades and is poised to obliterate the rose industry because there is no known cure, Paret said.

Rose thorn disease. By the way, don your rose pruning gloves before pruning roses. If you get pricked by a thorn that happens to be infected with a rare fungus, ...

Q: Last spring, I contracted rose-thorn disease. Very painful and extreme swelling occurred in just one finger. I was in the hospital for days under sedation and on antifungal meds. I’m still ...

To help minimize the spread of rose rosette disease, you can do a few things. First of all, plant your roses a distance apart that would prevent the mites from making their own way to other plants.

Technically, you can — but if you want to steer clear of replant disease, or ‘rose sickness’, it’s safer to avoid growing bare-root roses in the same place as their predecessors.

Checkmate the ‘disease triangle’ in your rose garden Plant choice, setting and monitoring each offer opportunities to encourage a diverse, healthy display. Share this: ...