Nice composition with a beautiful bokeh background. Good thing that you found the aphids and sprayed them in time ...Hopefully your roses will still bloom fine!
@beryl You can break that rosebud off and dunk it in something to get rid of them but you never know where there might be more eggs. Spray everything in sight, I say!
Nasty little fellows. they killed lour climbing roses. Hans cut them all down and let them start from fresh. now we have long shoots as tall as 12 feet. hopefully they will fill a bit too so we have lovely roses again next summer. may I ask with what kind of a solution you sprayed yours with.
@bruni Its a spray specifically for roses, Bruni. Kills aphids, stops blackspot and other nasties that roses get. Bought at a local shop. You have to spray every 2 weeks to keep the nasties out!
@maggiemae Could you tell me the name of the spray as there're so many on the market and it;s always good to know which one works. Hans is the one looking after our roses and he just asked my to ask you. thank you.
@bruni Its called "McGregors Rose and Shrub spray" Bruni but the ingredients are: 19.5g/litre triforine, and 22.5g/litre acephate in an emulsified concentrate. You use 10ml per litre of water. Cheers!
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