bugs eating the blooms could sometimes look like its burnt but its actually being eatin OR too much fertilizer or your soil is too rich in fertilizer I myself experienced burnt buds and leaves and it was due to the soil being too rich in fertilizer or in worth case someone sabotaged your garden

I hope you put mulch around your rose to keep the water in the soil and the weeds down that compete for the food (fertilizer) and water. Do you have the name or tag still of your rose? Be sure to remove spent flowers at the 5 leaflet point and always remove to an outward facing bud. You want your rose to be V shaped and allow air into the center for good air circulation (cuts down on fungal diseases). Be sure to remove any crossing or broken stems especially if they are in the center of the rose bush. Make sure to feed organically with a fertilizer specifically made for roses like Espoma Rose Tone. Get some Epsom salts too and apply in July around the base of the rose (about a half cup worth). Roses take a lot of magnesium out of the ground and the Epsom salts replenish it and the rose uses it for basal canes and bud growth. Seeing you are in Texas I suggest you contact your local cooperative extension (Texas A & M is your land grant research College/University) for further advice re: when to prune back winter damage and when to start and stop feeding your rose bush. Where I live, once the roses leaf out completely, we give them an initial does of Epsom salts and their first feeding. We feed roses monthly when they are actively growing (from April to late August by us). We stop feeding in September and stop deadheading or removing spent flowers by October. In October we no longer deadhead or cut the stems (canes) but we just take our hands and remove the flowers off of the stems. This signals to the plant to start going dormant. Here is a link that might be useful: Texas Cooperative Extension Counties Link

From what I read, brown edges is a sign of potassium deficiency. EarthCo., the soil-testing company that tested my soil to be deficient in potassium, stated that 1/3 of soil are tested deficient in potassium. Potassium helps plant to retain water. Best bet is to put fresh banana peels around rose bushes - they decay into a nice dark color. Hopefully the yellow bugs will eat the banana peels rather than your rose buds. I'll post some pics. on how to retain more water in a garden in my helpmefind account: Chicago IL 5a. If you search for HMF member with the name "Chicago", you'll see my garden and the pics. I posted.

Diane_nl, that is one that I have on my possible list. Anyone have another suggested rose I could add to the list? Strike it Rich Bronze Star