Tattered leaves on roses are common this time of year. We get lot of questions about how to better care for roses, and what to spray to keep roses their best. When it comes to diseases on roses, black ...

ROSES ON THEIR OWN: Although roses may continue to grow and black spot disease can occur during the winter, it does not hurt the rose bushes enough to merit continued spraying. If you regularly spray ...

Q: I bought four 'Knock Out' roses based on your suggestion. I put Bayer systemic stuff around the plants in spring. However, at one location, the Japanese beetles ate the plant alive. I assumed the ...

It takes courage to grow roses without spraying them: They are notoriously vulnerable to all kinds of pests and fungal diseases. But Jeffrey Van Pelt, the supervisor of horticulture for the Somerset ...

12:50, Sun, Sep 14, 2025 Updated: 13:05, Sun, Sep 14, 2025 Roses need more attention as the temperature drops than just watering them, as now in autumn they need to be protected from pests if you want ...

Over the past 60 years, black spot has gone from being a disease largely confined to the south of England to the scourge of rose growers throughout Britain. It is an unsightly fungal disease that ...