This is one of the weirdest phenomenons of the rose. In early summer a bloom will appear to be opening quite normally, then it will be noticed that another bud is appearing from the centre of the unfurling flower.
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Rabbits particularly enjoy feasting on roses.
Baby rabbits enjoy any young tender shoots that are within their reach and will systematically find them all as they sprout in spring. Older rabbits will cause major ...
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The red-spider mite loves warm airless conditions and will thrive in the greenhouse.
The mite is extremely small and will not often be spotted even though it infests in great numbers. It is the fine web that it w...
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THE ROSE TIME LINE, ONE OF FANTASY MYTH AND SYMBOLISM
by Amanda Beales.
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The larvae of black fly are the culprits that eat away the flesh of a rose leaf, leaving behind only a skeleton of veins.
They will finish one leaf completely before moving to the next and the only successful for...
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These are some of the toughest roses. They are thorny and dense with disease resistant leathery foliage. Flowers which appear repeatedly throughout the summer are, in many varieties, followed by splendid hips which are o...
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Rust enjoys warm and damp conditions and can totally destroy a rose if infestation is bad enough.
Symptoms first appear in early summer in the form of small bright orange pustules on the undersides of leaves. They...
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These are the wild or true roses of nature and as such are the forerunners to all modern day hybrids.
Nearly all have single flowers and hips of different shapes and sizes. They are healthy roses and in the main a...
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