War of the Roses

I am devastated that a fungus is attacking my rose bushes.  I know I have written about the roses before and their beauty.  We cleared out the flower bed and planted them when we first moved to the house.  My husband and I share a special pride in seeing them flourish, pointing out new shoot growths and of course the beautiful blooms.  Now, a fungus seems to be in all the bushed but especially two of the eight bushes.  It turns the leaves yellow with black spots and then the leaves drop off.  I spent hours today doing a big pruning.  Tomorrow I will apply the fungicide (which we already did once) and then spray all the leaves with of all things, milk.  I hope we can save them.

Our roses before the fungus attack.