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Laziness in gardening doesn’t pay.
Actually, it wasn’t laziness, I was just too busy. But where the proper care of roses is concerned, being too busy too garden properly doesn’t pay either.
I patted myself on the back when I deadheaded all my roses promptly this year. [Yes, they recovered beautifully from their harsh early spring pruning and I had many beautiful blooms.] However, it was past dusk when I finished and there was no time to apply glue. Since the rose cane borers like to hang out at my house, glue is important.
In the rush of the next few days, I think I tried to convince myself that rose cane borers were a problem I had had in the past.
The evidence now suggests past and present. So now my canes are even shorter than before and freshly glued. My plan for next year: An allium forest to surround my rose bushes. The link is to an article that suggests allium will keep those borers away. I love allium anyway, so allium companion planting here we come!
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I don’t know whether allium will keep the can borers away, but any excuse to plant allium is a good one.