yeah this neighbor is a real pain. Thankfully they are talking about selling and staying in Florida. Can't wait!! This particular rose bush lived through hurricane Sandy. The fence fell into our yard and flattened that rose bush. I was surprised it was fine after we lifted the fence off of it, raised the rose bush back up and tied it back up. This rose bush has grown over 10' tall. It has very thick stalks that are about an inch or more in diameter and 2 inches lower on the bush. I remember when I bought it that the info on the tag said it would grow up to 20'. Our neighbor never lets it get any higher than the 8' fence that separates our yards. At least not when he's home he doesn't. THing is it doesn't grow over into his yard. I have it tied so that it wouldn't. Just because I know how the guy is. He purposely plants vines along the fence so they will grow through and strangle my plants. I have to constantly cut back all of his ivy and climatis or else my bushes and such get strangled. Well hopefully in less than 2 years we'll have new neighbors and won't have to deal with this OCD guy. And yes we have thought of putting weeds over into his yard. As it is when he finds weeds he has actually asked me, while holding them in the air, is this yours? I reply by saying... you found it in your yard so no its not mine! Some people!! Oh and he ripped out my flowers from my front yard because he thought they were weeds. Mothers day I went outside and all of my flowers were gone He said oh I thought they were weeds!. I burst into tears and said would you please keep your hands off my property and mind your own yard and your own business for ONCE!!!

Some roses have a limited life span. Any rose that is grafted is going to have a difficult time in Texas. However, the antique roses, own-root roses, many David Austin roses, and roses bred by the Antique Rose Emporium or by Texas A&M should do well, with the proper soil and watering for the first two years. After that, they should do well on their own, with the exception of severe drought. Have you tried posting a query on the rose forum at this website? There are many rose growers there who would gladly share their experiences and knowledge.

I agree with Jackie - they're not dead, and regrowing from the base is what we want to see in relatively tender hybrid teas. If you can get Double Delight (presuming that's the first set of pictures) alive over the winter, you get a gold star for cold zones. In Kansas, you're a zone warmer than me, but I have to pamper Double Delight in my very warmest area of the yard for it to have a ghost of a chance of overwintering for me. You've done a good job, and this is usual for roses like this in our zones. There are other types of shrub roses that will keep their canes in the winter, but I prune to the ground about 75% of my roses each year. You can wait a bit to see if the canes sprout if you like, but in your zone I think you can assume that the brown and dry canes are dead. If the canes have a bit of greenish tone to them, or if you cut them higher on the cane and they're still creamy toned inside, you can keep the cane and watch them. In my world, I'd go ahead and prune out the dead canes before the new growth from the base gets too big. Right now it's flexible and you can GENTLY work around it as you prune the other canes. Once those new canes stiffen up, it's harder not to damage the new good canes as you cut the others out. There's a thread circulating about recognizing dead canes if that would help. In general, I'd say there may be a live cane to the right of the first and second pictures, but most of the other canes are likely goners. It doesn't hurt the rose to prune these out and they're fully capable of coming back to their previous size once they grow out into the summer. In fact, it helps the rose to get rid of dead or dying canes so it can focus on the new growth. Cynthia

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