The next time you go wild swimming, whether in a lake, river or sea, you are probably sharing the water with one of your tiniest, yet closest relatives.

This hedge of Knockout roses is infected with rose rosette virus. (Greg Grant/Courtesy) In case you haven’t heard, there’s a serious rose disease we all have to be on the lookout for. Rose rosette is ...

Roses with rose rosette must be destroyed to prevent the disease from spreading to other roses. (Contributed Photo) This year, two large public rose plantings in Tyler have been observed with rose ...