I had this happen with one of my roses this year. I had planted two Climbing Pinata side by side. Both seemed to take off as well as body bags could over their first year. The grafts on both were buried. It is grafted on Dr. Huey. Last fall, the Manic Mower pushed his god awful Rolling leaf blower into one, breaking it's small canes off, basically to the ground. This year, that plant did begin to send up a new shoot from the graft at the same time as the other Pinata, so I was glad that it seemed to have survived both the winter and the accident. After a couple weeks, it just simply died away. I have dug around the graft a bit and do see that the cane it was attached to is still green at the bottom, ground level and lower. Everything else is brown, but could just be the graft bark I am seeing. I am sure I was not seeing a rootstock sucker, as I did inspect it and saw it was originating from the graft/green cane, not below. I also thought that root growth would see it through, as in never had too much top growth last year, but did show promise. I was thrilled that it sprouted this season, then bummed to see it disappear. Is it dead? Who knows. Green tells me no, but there is so little of it that it could just well be a goner. I have been debating on digging it out and putting it in a pot to see if it can be saved, but perhaps leaving it there to see if it decides to do something later is the better option. The one next to it did shoot up what seem to be two new basals, which are growing well. My Memorial Day struggled for two years and died back to the bottom mid season each year except for one or two tiny canes. The graft was also buried. This I am sure was lack of sun. I was sure she was a goner but this year she shot new growth. Not tall , but growth. I dug her up to discover NO roots aside from what looked to be exactly what she started with when I got her as a grafted bare root. I put her in a pot and then in the ground in a better spot. Though small, only about 8 inches from the ground, her new growth is still healthy, leafy and green. She has not done much, but has not died. :) I have hope she is growing roots again and has just enough top growth to keep her going. As noted on another thread, I think I'll remove her buds this year in the hopes she can recover. That will be hard, the flowers she gave, though few, were beautiful. Cynthia, I took a look at Fantastique on HMF⦠I'd be bummed to have lost her, too.

I think the plant looks wonderful and healthy. Nothing wrong with a compact plant. Growth is now competing with fruiting. Nothing to worry about. The plant will take off before you know it. It's not going to outgrow what the roots cannot support. Even though the plants at Lowes might have been twice the size, which looked more healthy...yours or theirs? I'm betting yours. 10" vs 5"? Don't sweat it.

Yes on pictures! Get maxi-crop. It is an organic root stimulator. Find it on the web. use once a week for 6 weeks then once every 2 weeks. Can be added to fertilizer. I get the home depot stuff, Orchid plus, not the bloom booster. Get a spray bottle and mist the roots in the air daily. What is the humidity?

Sorry, I should have mentioned watering! I’ve only watered them once, on the day they were transplanted. I think it’s rained heavily one time, and a few hours of light drizzle otherwise. I check the moisture level every day. Below there's a photo where you can see the depth where it crosses over from dry to moist on my meter. I have them all in FoxFarm Ocean Forest Potting Soil. I don’t see aphids on any of the four plants. One of the four is covered in insect netting, which looks like it’s a fine enough mesh to keep aphids out. That plant has the same problem as the others. Leaf of plant in original photos: Depth where it turns from dry to moist: Protected plant with same issue: