What a lovely surprise I had this week when I saw a couple beautiful blooms on my rose bushes.
I wasn’t sure I would see any nice looking flowers on my roses the rest of the year.
You see, like many of my friends’ roses, my rose bushes were hit with a Japanese beetle infestation.
I’ve had issues with cutter wasps in the past, but I’ve never had any problems with Japanese beetles. Until this year.
The Japanese beetles eat the leaves, buds, and rose petals. And they’re not easy to control.
Not sure how these two bushes survived (I saw damage earlier last month on both bushes). But I’m happy to see and smell my lovely garden roses again.
