I wouldn't worry just yet, the canes are nice and green and I see plenty of little shoots. I'd be a little miffed too at the slow growth, but if you have a spell of sunny and warm weather I imagine it will pull up its socks and have a growth spurt.

I'm not sure if it's common for this variety to grow slowly, but yours seems to be growing a lot slower than mine. Your Queen of Sweden looks like mine did one week after planting. I planted mine the second week of March this year. I'm in zone 9a for reference.

Here's mine after one week of planting:

Here it is currently on week 5:

Let's hope it's just a slowpoke.

Charlene, how much sun is yours getting?

I had the same slow growth with my Queens over here. At some point (now?) you will need to get rid of the dying upper ends of the canes (getting all black). Not that it may have made much difference in this case but I refrain from using much (or any) nitrogen fertilizer (like alfalfa) when I first plant a bare root.

I would say at least 6 hours of sun. I have her sitting in full sun. I think you're right that yours is just growing slowly, she looks very healthy to me!

Yep, I would be whipping the top inch of those canes back right now - all of them that are showing signs of die-back - at least 3 I can see, maybe more - as far back as the next buds down - you may find that growth most certainly follows the knife with a fast sprouting of new buds and vigorous growth on the sprouted ones - like a hormonal kickstart..

Keep an eye on it. I have had 4 roses that I purchased from DA (Tyler)die on me this spring:(, 3 scepter isle and 1 Loise odier that I ordered from them . They all started with a slow grow then the top of the canes started turning black. They were kind enough to replace 3 of them but I still think they came with some sort of virus. Ill try to post some pictures. I would just let them know if she doesn't grow. I hope this helps:/

First put the knife to it, then keep an eye one it.. Make sure that the canes show no brown discoloration internally when cut, otherwise cut further down.

You're right, Edelweiss. Those roses show what I have always called "the Black Finger of Death" that strikes down as many as half of my bareroot plantings over the summer, and I'm pretty experienced at roses. I have learned that it may be verticilium wilt, and it might indeed come with the plants, or just be a factor of being cooped up long enough to wait for shipping to my cold zone. Regardless, even though I've tried what MichaelG has suggested and plant with Epsom salts, the only solution I've found is to cut below the black faithfully and hope for the best. Usually if I can keep one cane alive from any bareroot planting, I consider it a success. David Austin roses are particularly susceptible to the Black Finger of Death for me, perhaps having something to do with their storage while waiting.

Anyway, akaur - your photos don't look like the VW menace yet at all. Just some surface damage that you want to trim back to the nearest growing point with sharp and clean pruners. Do keep an eye on them, but they're sprouting growth buds all over the base and will be actively growing before you know it.

Cynthia