beetles on my rose trees

QuestionI have some iridescent black looking beetles that keep eating my rose flowers, they do not eat the leaves, just the flowers. They have pinchers on the front and are about 3/8 of an inch long. How

thrips

QuestionI have about 25 roses among my landscape that covers 1/2 acre. Each rose is covered in thrips. I am desperate. I have been using 2 Bayer products: rose3 in1 and insect killer. I am no

Rosebush Care

QuestionCan you diagnose browning or yellowing leaves on rosebushes? AnswerWithout seeing the leaves all I can tell you is that yellow leaves falling from the bottom of the bush may simply means the rose is getting

Rose cuttings

QuestionHi.Can you tell me the best time of year to take rose cuttings in central England? Gary AnswerThere are two times of the year to take rose cuttings. One is in the fall where you can simply make a trench and

lady banks roses

Question lady banks rose We have a lady banks next to our condo that the landscape company prunes. What they do is take a mini chainsaw to it until all that is left is ugly looking sticks as you can tell from

knockout rose bush not blooming

QuestionI planted 3 knockout rose bushes last year. They bloomed really well the first of the summer this year but are not blooming now. I snipped off the dead blooms to tidy up the bush. Did that

blackspot on Knockout Roses

QuestionHi..I am just sick ! !I have 24 red knockout roses and every one now has blackspot and are dropping leaves..Am I going to lose all of these roses ? ? Do I need to cut them way back now or just watch them die

rose petal wilt

QuestionI am in Jacksonville, Florida growing roses. All of the roses are doing fantastic, except for the Oklahoma Tea. This rose bush looks healthy, but all the flowers have a darkish wilt appearing at

rose pests

QuestionI live in Zone 3-4 in mountains of Colorado. I have two rose bushes, one a shrub rose the other a Rugosa Hybrid Hansa Rose. on both, the flower buds shrivel up before opening and I noticed tiny b

carpet roses planted this spring not blooming

QuestionI planted four carpet rose plants and three assorted miniature rose plants this spring. the carpet roses are not blooming as advertised. Lots of growth, but little bit of blooms. I have fertilized them once

Rose bush stems turning black, leaves are dead

QuestionWe live in Ohio and have had a hot summer so far. My Francois Rabelais floribunda rose bush is dying suddenly. We have kept it watered but the canes are turning black as are the leaves. What litt

red freedom hedge roses

Questionwe have about 25 hedge roses.we live in Mchenry IL. the leaves on the roses turned yellow and had black spots on them they fell off.Can you tell me when should I trim the roses. we have had the roses f

Lady Banks Roses- no leaves

QuestionMy Lady Banks rose is probably 7 years old and has performed beautifully but I have noticed that it has lost all of its leaves. The stems are still green. I live in SC where it has really been ho

pruning cl pinata roses

QuestionI live in zone 8 and am wondering if I need to prune my cl Pinata rose back to a nub this winter? AnswerNever prune any rose lower than 18 inches as it takes up too much of their energy to grow back. Climbe

knockout roses not blooming

QuestionMy 4 year and 3 year old knockouts were very healthy here in southern New Jersey until this summer. In June all bloomed but since then no blooms, yellow leaves, dead wood and swollen receptacles are in evide

tree and plant

QuestionI live outside of E-Town Kentucky and I noticed countless trees with bright red/orange leaves as well as yellow with spots covering them, also holes and some are even dead, in addition my concern is that it抯

watering potted knock-out rose

QuestionI have a potted knock-out rose and the bottom leaves are yellowing, then turning brown, then falling off. I thought I was under-watering it, so I began giving it about 2 cups of water everyday, but

Seven sisters rose bush

QuestionCould you please tell me what we could do for my rose bush it has only had 1 bloom in the last 2 years . It has been fertilized and watered , pruned . We live in the midwest west of Chicago and this bu

blanc coubert/reverting

Questionno.west Michigan zone 3/4 the bush had the typical rugosa leaves but this year the branches died off one by one..and were replaced by dark gr,smooth leatherly leaves and long branching canes. This was suppos

purchasing rose bushes

QuestionQUESTION: Where can I purchase long stem rose bushes? I have looked on web and cannot find a site. ANSWER: If you mean rose bushes which have nice long canes on them, then you will be out of luck as a