All About roses

Summer Pests: Tiny Terrors Perhaps the most significant pest problem in modern Perth gardens is the chilli thrip. These tiny insects can devastate new growth, causing leaves to curl and buds to become misshapen. Chilli thrip infestations require prompt, persistent action: targeted pruning, regular spraying with horticultural oils or insecticidal soaps, and maintaining a vigilant

Summer in Perth brings out the very best in our roses: brilliant blooms, beautiful foliage, and the sheer joy of a healthy garden. But high temperatures and warm nights also mean it’s prime time for certain pests and diseases to make an appearance. I believe that healthy roses start with knowing what to look for

Pruning in Winter is crucial to the care of your roses. Pruning at this time of the year not only benefits or promotes healthy growth but it also allows us to ensure that no pests or diseases are lurking. It also gives me the chance to check the roses for diseases such as mildew or

I have spoken about Chilli Thrips before, but I have found a lot of people don’t know what it is. Yes, it affects your roses but what is it really? Chilli Thrips is a tiny sap sucking insect that can cause a lot of damage to your roses. And if not treated or removed it

There are just some things that I won’t disclose to some clients. I will talk about my love of roses, I will talk about different diseases and pests, and I will tell you about the fertiliser and sprays that I buy from the nursery to use on your roses. However, if I develop a solution

Here in Western Australia, we have chilli thrips also known as Scritothrips dorsalis. They are a sap sucking pest that can cause damage to roses, citrus and other plants. They are particularly active in spring, summer and autumn especially if the weather is hot and humid. Chilli thrip causes deformities in the flowers, stems and

Identifying Chilli thrips A Chilli thrip is about 2 millimetres in length which makes it a bit hard for most of us to actually see without a magnifying glass and, while you would expect to see the larvae on the top surface of the leaves, you will also find adult thrips on the underneath surface

Chilli thrips … who would have thought that a bug with a name like that would be a major pest that rose growers would have to contend with. Not even their official name … Scirtothrips dorsailis … would give you any indication that these bugs had a voracious appetite for roses, but they do …