I'm in a moderate climate in Napa. The house had three glorious, old white roses already planted. Don't know what they are, but the roses are huge and the color of cream, very lovely.

These bloom every spring with fat, strong stems for each rose. Then we always get more rain and voila - the plant keeps blooming, but the roses are poorly supported on scrawny little stems that finally bend down under the weight of the flowers. The creamy flowers look bedraggled and develop pinkish stripes (rust?)on the outer petals where the rain hits the most, and after a few days the petals cascade off the flowers after a mild touch. Looks like wads of kleenex dropped in the rose bed!

The biggest issue is the puny stems. I have been using Bayer All In One as directed. It's the ONLY product I've found that really controls aphids and slows mildew and black spot (Napa is dampish at the south end of the Napa Valley.) Are the stems because of the Bayer? Or??

I would love some ideas.