What's eating my olivia rose austin?

Olivia Rose Austin is a modern David Austin variety with strong disease resistance, but aphids and thrips still target its shell-pink blooms. Japanese beetles cause significant summer damage in the US. Sawfly larvae appear in spring on young foliage. Deer will browse this rose in rural gardens. Overall management is lighter than older varieties.

Greenfly on young shoots and buds causing distortion, honeydew, and slowed growth Apply insecticidal soap or neem oil spray; encourage ladybirds and hoverflies; companion plant with marigolds

Silver-brown petal streaking and distortion; tiny insects visible inside opening buds Remove infested blooms; apply spinosad; use blue sticky monitoring traps near the plant

Foliage and flowers skeletonized; adult beetles arrive in late June and feed in clusters Hand-pick at dawn into soapy water; neem oil spray; beneficial nematodes in lawn for grub control

Translucent window feeding on young leaves in late spring, progressing to full leaf skeletonization Weekly inspection from May; remove larvae by hand; apply pyrethrin or spinosad if numbers are high