Saturday, February 11, 2012

Are all roses doomed to die at my level of gardening skills?

seems the borer bees get them...are there any rose varieties that the borer bees don't like?

Are all roses doomed to die at my level of gardening skills?
You can try Rose Double Knockout.
Reply:If you are a top contributor I would think you would know this answer.
Reply:I'm not aware of any specific species of roses that borer bees don't like but you should be able to deal with them with an insecticide (maybe Sevin) and planting natural repellants around your roses like marigolds, pennyroyal, eucalyptus, ect. You could also try a combo insecticide and fungicide w/ fertilizer to deal with any aphids or plack spot and rust you might have. You might also want to look around and see if you can find the nest and deal with it. That should also cut down on the borer bees available to hurt your roses.
Reply:try hgtv.com. They have all kinds of great info on roses, %26amp; the problems roses have, and on insect control too.


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