Oh $h!t, APHIDS! 5-27-15

So just when I thought I had this whole gardening thing under control OF COURSE something would happen to prove that hey, no you don't Sabrina. I came home one evening and saw that my Goldflame honeysuckle's buds were COVERED in aphids. So I hit up Google hard, and found out there are a specific type of aphid flocking to my plant: Goldflame honeysuckle aphid--clever name, huh? I ran and got my hose and aimed a strong jet of water at the honeysuckle to knock off all the aphids that I could before dousing the plant in a rosebush insecticide. The next day when I went back to check, I hardly saw any aphids at all. Good sign, BUT I wouldn't start to think this battle is over just yet. Lets hope with the weeks to come, some of the predatory bugs start to help me with this pest! Yoo-hoo ladybugs, over here!! 

A bud starting to open!

After that debacle, I flitted over to my rose garden where at the moment, not much has changed aside from lots of red indicating new growth. Of course I snapped a few pics to document the progress. The Climbing America rose is still blooming wonderfully--I'm really loving the grandiflora roses!

The last thing notable for this week is the changes to my Bitter Nightshade vine. It's blooming and I wanted to show you all just how splendid this "weed" is. I'm so glad that it is such a thriving little beauty!