1.   He is now preparing information for distribution to commercial rose growers and to retail nurseries to give advice on controlling the pests.

2.   While discount rose retailers watch their business bloom, U.S. rose growers are going bankrupt amid severe foreign competition.

3.   And like any rose grower, Ruggiero is acutely aware of the fragility, the temporality of things.

4.   But veteran rose growers know how a good haircut gives a rosebush renewed life to send forth bigger, more fragrant blossoms come springtime.

5.   Garden clubs lobbied, florists took polls and the names of such rose growers as George Washington and several first ladies were invoked.

6.   One rose grower said affected plants look they have been hit with a blowtorch.

7.   Seasoned rose growers have been known to add a fish head to the hole and just endure the fragrance.

8.   So we consulted rose growers in New Hampshire, Maine, and Canada for their recommendations for varieties that are super hardy.

9.   Why, then, are the domestic rose growers trying again?