Hi! Newbie here and just registered so in at the deep end!
I was out this evening looking for brambles (yum!) and came across this oddity. It's a regular wild dog rose thats growing in a hedgerow but some of the rosehips are smothered in a coral red lichen/fungus/stuff. It's quite pretty but I'm curious about what it is and whether it's possible to introduce whatever it is into the garden. Older clusters were a brownish grey. The bush itself looked healthy with just a trace of blackspot
Location: Perthshire, Scotland.
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Close up detail.
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grandpasrose
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Welcome Frogesque!!
You, my friend have found one of nature's oddities!
This is a brilliant red, hairy, spherical rose gall called Robin's Pincushion. It is caused by a tiny wasp called Diplolepis rosae.
The female wasps lay eggs in the leaf buds, and the larvae burrow into the tissues, proliferating to produce this odd looking gall that can be as large as a golf ball.
The wasp grubs feed inside, and hatch in the spring. By this time, the gall has turned brown.
These galls are rarely seen on healthy roses, but seem to choose small, stressed roses, in dry soil.
The do not harm the rose in any way, and may be snipped off if you're not wanting to watch the progression of this fascinating thing!
I wouldn't think it is something that you can just introduce to your bushes at will, they seem to be choosy. I'm not sure that I would bring it into your garden though. Up to you of course - beauty is in the eye of the beholder!
Have a lovely day!
VAL
You, my friend have found one of nature's oddities!
This is a brilliant red, hairy, spherical rose gall called Robin's Pincushion. It is caused by a tiny wasp called Diplolepis rosae.
The female wasps lay eggs in the leaf buds, and the larvae burrow into the tissues, proliferating to produce this odd looking gall that can be as large as a golf ball.
The wasp grubs feed inside, and hatch in the spring. By this time, the gall has turned brown.
These galls are rarely seen on healthy roses, but seem to choose small, stressed roses, in dry soil.
The do not harm the rose in any way, and may be snipped off if you're not wanting to watch the progression of this fascinating thing!
I wouldn't think it is something that you can just introduce to your bushes at will, they seem to be choosy. I'm not sure that I would bring it into your garden though. Up to you of course - beauty is in the eye of the beholder!
Have a lovely day!
VAL
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frogesque
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Thanks for the information grandpasrose. Seems you have solved my little mystery!
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Sorry for hijacking my own topic
JPIXI Most message boards have a means of posting photos but they do need to be hosted on a website. (I use my own). You can however use free webhosting picture sites like [url=https://www.imageshack.us/]Image Shack[/url]
To post an image use the Img button on the message input form which will open the image instruction
this will then show the corresponding picture.
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Sorry for hijacking my own topic
Thanks a bunch Frogesque for your detail explaination.
I will post some pictures of my old roses, which are saved by VAL and Scott advices. They are growing fabulously well now. Besides, there are loads of roses in France I cant find else where which I wish to know more about them.
Nice picture on your site Frogesque! Keep in touch pls!
Cheers,
Pixi
I will post some pictures of my old roses, which are saved by VAL and Scott advices. They are growing fabulously well now. Besides, there are loads of roses in France I cant find else where which I wish to know more about them.
Nice picture on your site Frogesque! Keep in touch pls!
Cheers,
Pixi
Hi VAL, Scott and Frogsque,
Below is the old rose that is saved by your advices.
She is a Annapurna, I have inherited her from the last owner of the apartment. She was nearly to die due to lack of care and fertilizing. Now, she is the Queen of my neighbourhood, won a competition for her color, unique shape and breath taking size, with diameter of 15cm.
[img]https://img375.imageshack.us/my.php?image=annapurna4zb.jpg[/img]
Cheers and long live all gardeners!
Below is the old rose that is saved by your advices.
She is a Annapurna, I have inherited her from the last owner of the apartment. She was nearly to die due to lack of care and fertilizing. Now, she is the Queen of my neighbourhood, won a competition for her color, unique shape and breath taking size, with diameter of 15cm.
[img]https://img375.imageshack.us/my.php?image=annapurna4zb.jpg[/img]
Cheers and long live all gardeners!
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grandpasrose
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Pixi - What a gorgeous rose!!! 
You have done a beautiful job of rescuing it! Congratulations!
I have found out a bit more about your rose, although there is not alot out there. Annapurna is the registered name of this rose, although it is known by several others: Dorban, Neige Parfum, and Sunlit Snow. It was bred in France by rose breeder F. Dorieux. It has a lemon fragrance, and grows to 1.5 metres tall. The path of this rose is very confused, and I am going to take some more time exploring it's background. I will let you know what I discover.
Frogesque - glad I could help. I know you always wonder when you come upon these strange things you have never seen before!
Have a lovely day!
VAL
You have done a beautiful job of rescuing it! Congratulations!I have found out a bit more about your rose, although there is not alot out there. Annapurna is the registered name of this rose, although it is known by several others: Dorban, Neige Parfum, and Sunlit Snow. It was bred in France by rose breeder F. Dorieux. It has a lemon fragrance, and grows to 1.5 metres tall. The path of this rose is very confused, and I am going to take some more time exploring it's background. I will let you know what I discover.
Frogesque - glad I could help. I know you always wonder when you come upon these strange things you have never seen before!
Have a lovely day!
VAL