Here, it is very healthy. I hope you can try again Sara Ann.

RdR is prone to the Damask Crud. Mine gets it every year after it blooms. I've had it for a decade though and it has never died from it. It just makes all the leaves yellow and spotty and fall off. Eventually they grow back and it even sometimes gives me a very small second bloom in the fall.

Damask Crud, and where it's a problem, it's addicted to rust. It's been lovingly referred to as 'Rose de Wretch'.

Sara, my garden was totally neglected for a many years. Rose de Rescht was one of the first roses I ever got, (for its noted fragrance) and it is one of the few roses that survived this neglect. It was not in special place either and it was covered with weeds and ratty when I found it this spring. But it was alive. When I had gotten it I knew zero about roses, except that I wanted fragrance in my garden. I am only learning now about how to care for roses. Who knows why roses die? I bought 9 tiny bands this summer. I treated them all the same and all but one are thriving. One just crumpled up and died. It looked completely out of my control and just went away.

Rose de Rescht does get this remarkable spotting on its leaves. I cut mine down to 8 inches or less and sprayed it two times and the spotting went away completely. With some care it has taken off. It bloomed continuously all season and is blooming still, big glowing dark pink fragrant flowers. The leaves and stems are thicker and bigger than I have ever seen them. I will try to get a picture.

Its not my favorite rose but thats not because there is something wrong with it, its just me. I think its a pretty reliable rose and does bloom very well. If you can handle the spotting by some kind of spraying then its worth getting. Maybe it wont spot for you?

As long as I spray them with fungicide, the only problems I ever have with mine are an occasional bout of spider mites. Without spraying for fungus they would look horrible in my garden. Rose de Rescht is a fantastic rose in that it will do quite well in part shade, very fragrant, and winter hardy. Mine are own root, and like to spread and create and create clumps.