I love that flower bed! It's so beautiful !!

Blackspot is so awful ! I try so hard to select resistant roses but they still get it a bit .

May I ask , is Rose growing a popular thing in Japan ? I notice on my Instagram search feed a lot of amazing rose gardens from Japan ! It's so awesome to see gardens on the other side of the world !

Lily-finch Thank-you! Roses are very popular here for the people who like to garden. However, many people also have traditional Japanese gardens which don't usually have roses. My neighbor roses are incredibly beautiful. I took a quick shot the other day.

Lilyfinch....I consider that a good thing and only hope to get the same result as you. I just plant my first David Austin, also a Teasing Georgia, this week.

Eric so sorry about the BS on your roses. Looks like you need to talk with the neighbor and find out what they are doing to keep their roses so pretty. Maybe it's the fact that they are in pots?

Good Luck!

Your roses are beautiful...and so are the gardens. I don't have black spot issues. Is it from the humidity? We have very dry weather, usually....although it's rained three days in a row.

There are some black spot resistant roses and some ideas to try from David Austin...

Q: My roses have a severe infestation of black spot. What can I do to control it?


A: The best way to keep disease in check is to understand that a
strongly growing rose is more able to resist disease. To encourage your
rose to grow strongly, we recommend that you follow the planting and
care advice supplied with your rose. Combining roses with other plants,
especially herbaceous perennials, will attract beneficial insects which
will help create a healthy environment. Plant your roses in a good sunny
position, with at least 4-5 hours sun each day. In hotter zones like
Texas, roses may do better with just morning sun and a little afternoon
shade to reduce the heat. Make sure the roses have enough space as good
air circulation around the plants will help to prevent spores
germinating.


Plant in healthy, rich soil and work in plenty of organic matter
such as well-rotted manure or compost. Mulching well helps to keep heat
off the roots and retain the moisture and can also help keep blackspot
spores from splashing back up to the plant when you water.


Feed and water well, but do not overdo either. Do not remove leaves
from the plant even if they have some blackspot (unless they are
absolutely covered with no green remaining). The leaves are vital to the
overall health of the plant and to remove leaves unnecessarily will
cause stress to the plant making it less able to fight disease.


If you wish to garden organically, try spraying with baking soda
diluted with water and a few drops of horticultural oil. In the winter,
during the dormant period, remove all foliage from the plant and from
around the base of the plant. This will help to prevent the disease from
being carried over into the new season.


Finally, take care to grow varieties recommended as being resistant
to disease such as The Mayflower. When growing blackspot prone
varieties, especially in very humid conditions, regular spraying with a
good fungicide may be required to keep black spot away. Banner Maxx is
the most widely recommended spray for keeping blackspot off roses. Spray
every two weeks, being sure to get both tops and bottoms of the leaves.
Try not to spray before a rainstorm which will wash away the spray
before it has time to start working.

Here's the link to the rest...

https://www.davidaustinroses.com/american/Advanced.asp?PageId=1927

Yes, very wet and humid cool spring weather and those spores get everywhere quick. Its nigh impossible to keep them dry unless they're under some kind of roof. In the summer it isn't as bad because the temperature range is too high, but spring is a killer. I am loathe to use fungicides becuase I also grow herbs that we consume in those beds. I already dose them with with BS as a pH modifier but as you can see it's tough to stay on top of it.

Eric, your gardens are beautiful. I love the little cottage garden you have going on, such a contrast of what I would expect in Japan. So eccentric, that is great. I am a transplanted American as well.