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Rosykittycat said:

Hi, Kate,
Is it possible to show more photos up close? Maybe black spot is on rose? If so, black spot disease kills the leaves on roses, they drop off eventually. The bites in leaves may be caused by cut worms or other bugs.

Aphids cluster on buds mainly...I don't see any aphids. Grasshoppers like biting leaves, too. To see a Hods, just look at roses before sunset, just before sun goes down when it's cooler but you can see well. The aphids come out and feast in early eve. Rose spray weekly helps exterminate. No problem.

Roses need to be watched weekly and given TLC. I spray with a "rose soray weekly that also kills diseases like mildew and black spot & insects, both at once" for any roses when needed. Once insects are airborne sprays are best effective. You can use home organic remedies-soap plus other ingredients. Internet has organic recipes. But spraying has to be done weekly until diseases/insects completely gone.

I use granules (try organic or whatever you prefer) at beginning of spring before bugs are airborne and water into soil around roses, then you may have less a problem with bugs on roses later in summer. Later in summer I spray when insects are flying around.

I see your roses may have black spot around edges or black spots, could make curling? If it's black spot, then spray weekly a "rose spray," for rose diseases. Some roses get black spot and some are resistant.

Your roses will loose the infected leaves but fully recover and thrive if disease is removed completely with weekly spraying.

No worries. Almost all Rosarians get a little black spot on their roses. (If it happens on my roses for a little bit in fall end, I have just let them go dormant for winter and they perked up after I cleaned, pruned them, got ride dead leaves, in spring. During my cold winters they loose all leaves anyway.)

It's very important, though, to clean all diseased leaves away from ground of roses or I have read they may spread it to plant next year. Any dead leaf can have insects or disease on it. So I always clean all dead leaves away from ground around roses.

Have fun! Clean your roses as needed and spray if needed. If bugs are just in the air around too much I spray weekly with only Palmolive soap-water on all gardens. I use special sprays for particular bugs on my roses, too. After it rains I have to spray again.