Just finished prunning and cleaning up that front yard rose bed. Yesterday I had the tree trunk cut up and the roots dug up and everything moved out. I just can't believe how much sun there is there now. Anyway, the older bigger roses in the front bed, which were put in 2007 had no damage worth mentioning. Did need some hard prunning to get rid of broken limbs here and there but as soon as they leaf out and start growing that will be unnoticeable. The newer bed section that had Heirloom roses from last year and the year before took the worst of it. Nearest the tree trunk so most flattened. I had to dig and loosen soil around the roots on some of the rose shrubs and pull them back upright as they had ben pushed down. Broken limbs so they got harshly prunned. Then the really little ones from last year are in truely bad shape. Two of them are just not there at all, must have gotten dug up and lost with all the trampling and root digging. I will just replace those as if I need an excuse to buy more roses from Heirloom. The rest of the babies in that section got beat up badly but own root roses come back so they should be fine after awhile, even if extra small.

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Just finished prunning and cleaning up that front yard section. I just can't believe how much sun there is there now. Anyway, the older bigger roses in the front bed, which were put in 2007 had no damage worth mentioning. Did need some hard prunning to get rid of broken limbs here and there but as soon as they leaf out and start growing that will be unnoticeable. The newer bed section that had Heirloom roses from last year and the year before took the worst of it. Nearest the tree trunk so most flattened. I had to dig and loosen soil around the roots on some of the rose shrubs and pull them back upright as they had ben pushed down. Broken limbs so they got harshly prunned. Then the really little ones from last year are in truely bad shape. Two of them are just not there at all, must have gotten dug up and lost with all the trampling and root digging. I will just replace those as if I need an excuse to buy more roses from Heirloom. The rest of the babies in that section got beat up badly but own root roses come back so they should be fine after awhile, even if extra small. I was also out there on my hands and knees with a cutivator and trowel digging and brushing dirt off the buried Siberian Iris. I was happy to find many of them. So while most are still there some of a partial row is totally gone. That would be were they dug to get to the tree roots that went straight down so that they could have accress to cut that root with the chain saw and lift out what was left of the stump. So now I am going to have top find my lists and see whats missing from that area so I can replace them.

According to Your Photos, You have a well developed case of Iris Borer. It is caused by a moth, that lays eggs on foliage in the fall, they hatch in Spring, and will look like tiny worm like critters. If You look in the folds of leaves that look like they are affected, You will find them. You can squash all YYou find. Remove the bad buds. They also will burrow into the rhizomes, and cause their problems there. When they start feeding on the rhizomes, the leaves will turn yellow. and will destroy the plant. There is no reason to discard your plants, they can be dug up in the fall, cleaned and replanted. By then the tiny borers will have grown to at least 1 to 1 1/2 inch long and fat. If You do a search for "The American Iris Society", and/also for "Iris Borer" You will find what to do. There are ways to prevent the problem. Good luck. Don't give up on Your plants. You only need to know how to deal with this. Genz