What's eating my jubilee celebration rose?

Jubilee Celebration Rose, a popular David Austin shrub, is most challenged by aphids, rose sawfly, black spot, and deer. Aphids attack early season growth reliably each year. This variety has good disease resistance overall, but aphid pressure is consistent and deer will readily browse the large, attractive blooms in rural gardens.

Clusters on shoot tips and bud stalks; distorted young leaves, honeydew deposits, and subsequent sooty mould Remove by hand; spray with insecticidal soap, neem oil, or pyrethrin; introduce or encourage natural predators

Groups of pale green larvae stripping leaflets to a skeleton; affected leaves turn brown and hang on the plant Inspect undersides regularly from late spring; pick off larvae or spray pyrethrin; adult sawflies resemble small wasps so do not target them

Circular dark spots with yellow surrounds; progressive defoliation from the base upwards through summer Remove and bin infected leaves promptly; apply myclobutanil fungicide preventatively; mulch soil surface to reduce rain-splash spores

Shoots and buds bitten off cleanly; stems broken or bark scored by antler velvet rubbing in late summer Erect fencing or use heavy-duty individual plant cages; apply deer repellent to low-growing stems regularly