– Snip off fading flowers back to a healthy leaf to encourage more blooms, but don’t deadhead species roses (eg Rosa moyesii, Rosa canina and Rosa rugosa) and those that won’t repeat flower, because these will form lovely, fleshy hips.
– Prune rambling roses straight after they have flowered in order to control them, otherwise they become woody and out of control.
– Apply a liquid fertiliser as a feed, watering or spraying it onto leaves
– Remove leaves that show signs of black spot and put in your council green waste bin.
– Plant salvias, such as Caradonna Nemorosa, at the base of roses. Salvias act as a natural deterrent to black spot.
– Squish aphids or blast with a hose.
– Rose-balling is when the outer petals have been saturated with water then dried and fused together, so the flower can’t open. Tease away outer petals to save the flower
Author: Jonny
Author of Gardening Life!