Insect pests can quickly destroy your roses' beauty. Here
are some of the pests to watch for in your garden, but
remember to
always read the label for recommended dosages and
warnings before you use any product:
Aphids
Description:
Soft green insects that suck plant juices from young
growing tips and flower buds, producing a sweet exudate
that often attracts ants. They multiply very rapidly
in early spring and late fall.
Treatment:
Beetles
Description:
Flying insects that eat large portions of the flowers,
buds and sometimes even the foliage. They appear mostly
in mid to late summer.
Treatment:
Borers
Description:
A larvae that enters fresh cuts and bores down the center of the cane. Damage
is most evident when winter pruning, although the insect is active in late
summer.
Treatment:
Caterpillars
Description:
Larvae of moths and butterflies that appear sporadically
in summer. They mostly eat the young flower buds
and new shoots.
Treatment:
Midge
Description:
Soil-borne insects whose larvae distort and devour
the small young flower buds and growing shoots. Also,
mostly evident in mid-summer.
Treatment:
Spider Mites
Description:
Very minute arachnids that give a salt and pepper
appearance to the underside of leaves. Can defoliate
from the ground up and stop any new growth when severe.
They multiply best in summer heat.
Treatment:
Thrips
Description:
Tiny sucking insects that enter the young flower
buds and damage the petals, producing brown edges
and lesions. They multiply best in summer heat.
