Caterpillar damage: Orange tortrix, tussock moth, fruit tree leafroller, tent caterpillar and omnivorous looper feed on rose leaves. Some caterpillars bore into buds and ruin and disfigure blooms.

Rose slug looks like a small, green caterpillar but is actually the larva of a sawfly. This larvae feed on the green leaf tissue of roses, leaving a clear layer begin.

Once green worms are visible on rose bushes, you have several options for control. Because they generally don’t cause permanent damage to roses, a small batch of rose slugs can simply be ignored.

T he rose is a favourite addition to a garden, and is fairly easy to grow, but you might just be asking yourself 'why are my rose leaves turning yellow'? If so, you're not the first.

Here's how to best plant garlic near your roses: As soon as the soil feels warm enough in mid-spring, around late April, it's time to get your garlic in the ground near those roses.

The caterpillar, of course, likes to eat nice, green leaves. So you see, the plant and the yellow jacket have something in common after all: The plant is eaten by the very thing the wasp likes to eat.

Q: Is autumn a good time to trim rose bushes?A: The period between middle August and mid-November isn’t a good time to cut roses back because that tends to stimulate tender, late growth, which ...

A PLAGUE of miniature caterpillars is invading gardens in Bromley and destroying rose bushes. The inch-long insects have eaten away at a whole bush in Beadon Road and are now getting their teeth ...