On Tue, 5 May 2009 20:30:04 -0500, "Freckles"
wrote:

I just order some Bayer insect control plus fertilizer plant spikes which
seem to be just what I want.

It should work, follow directions. Roses can require heavy
maintenance so I have only three Don Juan climbers, planted in 1994.
Perhaps keeping my roses toxic have kept the deer from eating them
sigh.