Our old friend black spot...

Good morning Ellen Yes I remove mine daily , been a negative year for black spot for yours truly

 

Hello Ellen scalping is not the word I would have chosen now would Woo ask you to do anything that would harm your Roses of course he wouldn't I respectfully suggest that you just remove the leaves by gently holding each leaf between your thumb and finger and carefully removing the leaf that way,and then discard every affected leaf and the ones on the ground either by burning or in a black rubbish sack and disposing them that way,Black Spot is rarely fatal to Roses,New leaves will grow again,some Rosarians say wait until they fall off,that is not my view,I want to take them off before they hit the ground,Trust me Ellen

 

Hi Ellen is that the tall bush rose you have described in your first post Personally I wouldn't prune it now,a little tidy up may be ,if you prune it now your rose will lose a lot of its sap, This is the correct advice

Ellen can it not wait until its dormant ,from here it looks really lovely,just like an old friend if your not happy with it then it is your rose to do with as you will,I could say that it will be alright,but I cannot guarantee that it,, I have been in your position and I have pruned and moved roses in the summer and they came back again,only when customer's were adamant that they wanted it done at any cost

Hope this has helped my friend

 

Hi Ellen balds alright but looking at your excellent photo if the affected leaves fall off on to ground,you will have quite a difficult task removing them all,you have some lovely new fresh canes there after you have removed some of the old and diseased canes

 

Good morning Ellen yes my friend