Green Fly

Crown Princess Margareta

 We found two green fly on our old English scented climbing roses at the weekend and it's still only March. Last year despite our good intentions to use nothing but soapy water as a deterrent to them, the evil beasties proved to be so resistant to any form of control we'd to resort eventually to commercial pesticides.  On rummaging in the shed, we found an old spray container with a drop of mixture in the bottom so Andy duly applied it as far as it would go.  Sadly it seems that the toxic battle needs to commence early this year.

Gertrude Jekyll