We had cloudy weather and rain most of last summer so that the black spot was out of control. By August almost all the leaves were gone from the bushes and it looked like they had about had it. I did cut many of them back because they were producing nothing. All this time I had been spraying like crazy.
September brought a few dry sunny weeks and the rose started to send up their new red shoots and proceeded to give us a good show for a short while. Hopefully the weak looking bushes will have enough strength to get thru this exceptionally cold winter. I'm happy about the snow because I think it helps to protect against the frigid whipping winds.
I will repot my sad looking miniatures first thing tomorrow Zuzu. I have some potted rose bushes in my house overwintering because they looked so scrawny when I got them on sale last fall. They are doing fine, but of course I used all my own products to pot them up.
