The blooms and twiggy growth pattern makes me think it is some sort of "china" rose. Where approx to you live? Do you know your climate zone? Chinas love heat, hate cold. Will bloom continuously for months and months if they are happy. Just my opinion, but if this were my rose here is what I would do: 1) Don't worry about pruning it - chinas don't need pruning, especially not at this point when it is under so much stress. If a cane is obviously completely dead, OK to take off but not necessary. 2) Weed ALL of the stuff that it not rose away from the bottom of the plant - out to at least 20". 3) WATER it well, for a couple of days. 4) Scrub off all of that white stuff (looks like some sort of scale planted and being attended by ants - yes, they do keep farm animals). Then, spray it with something that kills scale. In the middle of winter you can also spray it with a dormant spray, to keep them from coming back, but not now. 5) Put some sort of timed release rose food around the base of the rose - out to the same 20 inches - I use Osmacote. Follow the directions - water it in. 6) Put some sort of mulch around the base of the bush - 2-3 inches deep, also out to the same 20 inches. DO NOT let the mulch touch the base of the rose - keep it about 2" away. 7) Make sure you water it well at least once a week, unless you live somewhere where it rains a lot. 8) Stand back, and watch it - it should start doing better within a month. Keep checking it for scale and removing it. Good Luck - this could be a really nice rose. Jackie

Get a container larger than the pot the rose is in, and make sure it is without drainage holes. A big deep bowl or cooking pot will do. Pour about an inch or so of cheap, dry white rice, right out of the bag, into the container. Remove the rose from its pot and place the soggy root ball into the container on top of the rice. Fill in with more dry white rice, filling the space between the root ball and the container. Leave it this way for a day or so, then remove the root ball and re-pot it into something with drainage holes. :-) ~Christopher

I saw those too at Atwood in Altus. Since I already had my citronella I did not get any. The ones I saw looked alive and hardy so hopefully they will make it. Someone will come along that knows more than me about roses. I am good at reviving half dead plants though.

just want to come up with a great watering plan, as i see it makes a huge difference Did I see someone looking for watering help? Here is what I have put together over the years in several lawn care forums. Watering: Deep and infrequent is the mantra for watering. This is for all turf grass all over the place. Deep means 1 inch all at one time. Put some cat food or tuna cans around the yard, and time how long it takes your sprinkler(s) to fill all the cans. Memorize that time. That will be the time you water from now on. My hose, sprinkler and water pressure takes 8 full hours to fill the cans. Your time will likely be less. I like gentle watering. As for watering frequency, that depends on the daytime air temperature. With temps in the 90s, deep water once per week. With temps in the 80s, deep water once every 2 weeks. With temps in the 70s, deep water once every 3 weeks. With temps below 70, deep water once a month. Note that you have to keep up with quickly changing temps in the spring and fall. This deep and infrequent schedule works in Phoenix and in Vermont, so it should work for you. The reason for deep and infrequent is to grow deeper, more drought resistant roots and to allow the soil to dry completely at the surface for several days before watering again. If it rains, reset your calendar to account for the rainfall. However, there is some recent discussion about summer watering in the transition zone...which is where you live. That was the same link posted by Joe BigBlue at the beginning of the replies. I'm not sure how the Rachio is programmed, but if you are watering every day, something is not right. Here is a picture of morpheuspa's KBG lawn compared to his neighbor's KBG lawns. I've talked at some length with him about the differences between his lawn and the neighbors. While morpheuspa is fanatical about his soil quality, and his lawn has been renovated with an elite variety of KBG, still he attributes the difference in appearance entirely to the difference between their shallow daily watering and his deep infrequent watering.