What did you spray them with--RoundUp? That should kill them.

They are fairly easy to dig up--if you pot them up you can give them away to someone on CraigsList or FreeCycle.

If you simply wait and do nothing, beneficial insects will appear and eat up the aphids. Aphids always show up before the beneficials (lacewings, ladybugs) do.

Good luck with your vegetables.

Roses are really not that hard to take care of, if you want to keep them. If you really don't want them at all, dig them out. You should give them to someone else. Rose plants make a great gift. They may even come dig them out for you! ;)

Even if you don't want to give the roses away, simply dig them up, cut them up a bit and put them on your compost pile. The pests will die along with the roses.

I didn't want to use any chemicals since I have children running around when I'm outside, so I only used soapy water--and let me 7yo have at it! LOL He enjoyed combating the aphids.

I was planning on replacing one thorny plant for another anyway--raspberries, so I'm not too bummed about letting the roses go. I ended up cutting all the green off of them. There are only thick branches left now...

Although giving what is remaining of the bushes away sounds good, these guys weren't cared for (probably ever), and now with no foliage, don't look pretty at all (oops).

DH is gonna *love* (insert sarcasm) it when I tell him he needs to do some digging this weekend...

There are only thick branches left now...

*** It's likely that some/all can bounce back from that.
I have cut roses flat to the ground, and had them roar back, stronger than ever.
If you want to be shut of them, they really must be dug up.

Jeri

Raspberries are kind of hard to take care of. Go with blueberries. They are much easier! And no thorns to scratch the kids.