Oh yes. Long Island is hot and humid in the summer. If I didn't spray I would have roses as sticks with no leaves. And I have no tolerence for blackspot. I want my roses totally clean. I don't manage perfect but I try.
I do have a very wildlife friendly garden so spray with fungicide only. I really don't have Japanese beetles here so I am lucky. I usually see birds flitting about in my roses looking for bugs. They are just another shrub for the birds around here to check out.
I don't like roses spaced out apart the way they might be done elsewhere. I want a jumble of color. So I put them closely together. Works here.
