How to Keep Bugs From Eating Rose Bushes

Inspect the rose bush for bugs. Japanese beetles, which are a mix of shiny green and copper, are common in rose bushes. Check the bushes during times when beetles they are not very active, in the evenings or early mornings. Pick them off the rose bush and place them in a bucket with soapy water to kill them. Other bugs you should pick off the bush are rose weevils and gall wasps, to prevent them from eating the roses.

Spray the rose bush every other day with water to remove bugs like aphids, spittle bugs, and rose scale. Hard squirts of water will remove the bugs from the rose bushes, and doing it frequently throughout the week will keep the bugs from eating the plant.

Purchase ladybugs from a nursery or garden center. Ladybugs are an ideal predator, since they eat bugs that harm rose bushes, such as aphids. Place the ladybugs in the rose garden in the evening, and allow them to naturally reduce aphid levels in the roses.

Trim or prune parts of the rose bush already infested with bugs. Remove rose buds or stems that have thrips, cane borers, and sawflies. Once you notice damage from bugs, prune the bush immediately to keep new larvae from hatching and infesting the bush.