Famous People Named Marit. Mette Marit, Crown Princess of Norway. Marit Elisabeth Larsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and former member of the pop duo M2M. Marit Eli Paulsen, Swedish politician. Marit Elisabeth Maij, Dutch politician.
Japanese beetles (Popillia japonica), also known as the chafer beetle, rose chafer and garden chafer; aphids (Macrosiphum rosae), also known as plant lice; thrips (Anaphothrips obscurus or Frankliniella tritici), also called grass thrips or oat bugs, and the rose leaf hopper are all insects that can do various levels of damage to a rose bush.
Check soil drainage. Roses do not like wet feet, and the clay soils in parts of Texas are slow to dry out. To check your soil's drainage, dig a hole 1 foot deep and fill it with water. If the water drains out of the hole in 15 minutes, you have good drainage. If not, routinely adding organic matter will improve drainage.