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Pick off leaves infected by rose blackspot or rose rust, and dispose of them in your dustbin and not on the compost heapSet up an automatic watering system with a drip nozzle for potted plants if you're going on holidayTop up water levels in ponds

on rose careDealing with rose blackspotTreating rose powdery mildewTaking rose cuttingsPruning a rose bush

displays to bring under cover for winter protectionPick leaves affected by rose blackspot and collect any lying on the ground nearbyCut down perennials whose seedheads aren't worth keeping, digging in compost around them

, before the symptoms appear. So if you spray next season, start early. For the  first year ever my roses got blackspot. Spayed them with no luck. Will spray them earlier next year. thanks Italophile Thanks Italphile for taking time to reply. Good advice!

Because it has been so wet, my roses have not been sprayed this season. Black spot is rife. Is it worth spraying now?? Any advice much appreciated. It would interesting to read the advise. Can black spot spread onto neighbouring plants, I've a climbing rose

Gradually lower the cutting height of your mower as grass growth increasesSpray roses showing signs of diseases such as blackspot, rust or powdery mildewApply a combined weed, feed and moss killer to your lawn if you think it needs itTop up water

that look straggly to encourage new growthShorten half the shoots on broom and genista to encourage new growthPlant autumn-flowering bulbs such as nerines, colchicums, sternbergia, autumn crocuses and Amaryllis belladonnaSpray roses with fungicide to prevent

perennials and bedding plantsCollect seed from any flowers you fancy propagatingTrap earwigs among dahlias with upside-down pots stuffed with straw and balanced on canesPick leaves off plants affected by rose blackspotTrim conifer hedges and evergreen hedges

, but of course this has meant that I have no berries on these plants. The pyracantha's which are out the front of my property and are of the same family are perfectly healthy and showing berries. I have climbing roses very close the hedges and last season

a mulch of well-rotted compost, and regularly feed and water. Keep deadheading.rhododendrons, azaleasspring, summer, autumn, winterCommon fungal problems affecting plantsRose blackspotIris leaf spotPrimula leaf spotBlack spot