How to Prevent and Kill Rose Disease and Pests

From the first delicate buds to full, petal-packed blooms, roses are unmatched for the beauty they bring to gardens and simple, romantic bouquets. Gardeners worldwide wait eagerly for glossy rose foliage and spotless blossoms every year. Unfortunately, insect pests and common garden diseases seem to lie in wait for new roses, too.

Growing gorgeous roses isn't difficult, even from simple rose cuttings. But these beauties can be susceptible to insects and mites, and fungal pathogens that trigger disease. Now with Sevin® 3-in-1 Insect, Mite & Disease Control Flower & Shrub Ready To Spray, you can treat your roses the easy way to prevent and kill diseases, insects and mites all at once.

• Common Rose Pests and Diseases

• Fast, Simple Rose Disease and Pest Control

• Helping Roses Stay Beautiful and Thrive

Aphids can multiply rapidly and destroy tender new rose growth.

Common Rose Pests and Diseases

Many of the problems that target roses are common in flower gardens and landscapes. But there's something about tender new rose leaves and buds that pests like aphids, mites and spittlebugs seek out. These ordinary rose pests all have one thing in common: They damage roses by piercing the stems, leaves, buds or flowers and sucking vital, life-sustaining juices out of the plant.

Left unchecked, these pests can multiply rapidly and leave your roses weak, damaged and stunted. To add more problems, aphids excrete a sticky residue called honeydew that attracts ants and other unwelcome insect pests to your plants. As the honeydew ages, a black sooty mold forms on your roses, too.

When insect damage stresses roses, it opens the door for pathogens that cause common garden diseases, like black spot and powdery mildew, to step in. Like pesky insects and mites, garden fungal diseases can spread rapidly if left untreated.

Common garden diseases can spread when temperatures are hot or cool and conditions are wet or dry. Then glossy rose leaves get covered with unsightly white powder or black spots rob roses of their health and beauty — but you can prevent that scenario before it starts.

Prevention is the best defense against powdery mildew and other rose diseases.

Fast, Simple Rose Disease and Pest Control

GardenTech^® brands offer several highly effective insecticides and fungicide products that can help you kill common rose pests and protect rose foliage against black spot disease. But rose protection is now easier than ever. With Sevin 3-in-1 Insect, Mite & Disease Control Flower & Shrub Ready To Spray, you can treat insects, mites and diseases with just one application.

With Sevin 3-in-1 Insect, Mite & Disease Control Flower & Shrub Ready To Spray, you don't need to worry about measuring or mixing the product. The ready-to-spray container does that job for you as you spray. Just follow the product label instructions and attach the container to a regular garden hose. Then you're ready to treat your roses and other landscape flowers and shrubs.

Clear the area of people and pets before you start to spray. (They can come back in as soon as the spray dries.) Extend your hose to the farthest point you want to treat, then work your way backward so you won't drag your hose through just-treated areas. Then spray your roses until they're wet to control listed diseases and insects.

This convenient and powerful formula quickly kills listed harmful insects and mites on contact. In the same application, you can prevent and kill listed fungal diseases and protect your roses and other flowers and shrubs against those diseases for up to two weeks.

Healthy, well-fed roses can resist pests and diseases better.

Helping Roses Stay Beautiful and Thrive

While Sevin 3-in-1 Insect, Mite & Disease Control Flower & Shrub Ready To Spray works to prevent disease and kill unwelcome insects and mites on your roses, you can take other steps to help roses stay at their beautiful best.

Thriving, well-nourished plants are less susceptible to damage from insects, mites and diseases. A premium plant food designed specifically for roses and flowers can help you keep your plants well-fed and grow bigger, more beautiful blooms.

Created to work with nature, Pennington^® Rejuvenate™ Plant Food Rose & Flower 4-6-3 revitalizes garden soil with essential plant nutrients to improve soil and nourish roses from the inside out.

The blend of natural and organic ingredients in this plant food includes beneficial microorganisms to help strengthen roses and other flowers and shrubs against stress and drought. Plus, it keeps feeding your roses an ideal blend of nutrients for up to four months.  

You can also help roses stay healthy and beautiful by watering plants at the soil level so leaves stay dry. In case leaves do get wet, water early in the morning to ensure leaves dry well before nightfall. Good air circulation is also important for roses, so always avoid overcrowding your garden when you can.

Generations of gardeners have trusted their plants to Sevin brand. We earned that trust because we love gardens and gardening as much as you do. Let us help you share a love of gardening and beautiful roses with those who matter most to you. Have a question? Talk to us. We're here for you.

Always read product labels thoroughly and follow instructions, including guidelines for listed plants and pests, and application frequency.

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