The Zimbabwean Gardener Issue 3 Summer 2012 | Page 24

All about roses

In the

rose garden this summer
By Gil Laver

With the rains, come the diseases.
Keep an eye out for them!

For the love of a rose
Over the years, a gift of red roses have
become a recognised symbol of love
and affection and if they are fragrant, so
much the better.
In the early 1960’s, three great classic
hybrid tea red roses, bred on different
continents by different breeders, were
released and introduced to the public.
They were Papa Meilland, Mister Lincoln
and Oklahoma. What they all have in
common, apart