Planting them in such a location this time of year and with some reflective heat from the stone/concrete you will have some wilting, drying leaves. That is great that you are keeping the ground moist and I see you have mulch around them. How well does the soil drain?

The soil there can vary widely. I lived in SLC while in grad school and had my first rose garden there (which I miss a lot). The soil was sandy for the first few inches but pure clay after that - which I had to severely amend to provide adequate drainage.

The soil drains okay I think. Hard to say. The soil is super rocky. Sandy in some spots and clay in other spots.

Okay. You may want to experiment by digging another hole, filling it with water, and see how quickly it drains. If it takes longer than an hour or so to drain some amending will have to be done. This particular rose will likely survive the heat and will bounce back once it establishes more of a root system but other offenses could do it in such as sitting in water. If the hole drains well, just keep it moist, avoid fertilizing it at all, and wait. Once new growth appears fish emulsion, I feel, is great to feed roses their first year.

Good advice from Dave. My first thought was to check the drainage... A 24" hole should not require more than about 2 hours to drain.

I sun blasted a second new Orfeo when I put one in the same location I had put my first one 6 weeks ago and it had done great. Only thing I missed was early June is different than mid July. Orfeo 2 is recovering nicely now and growing new leaves in part sun thankfully. I also know it is growing new roots in it's two gallon pot.

I had that same problem on the roses I planted 3 weeks ago -I kept them on my back lania where there was shade from the intense afternoon sun but after planting out in the direct ( all day sunlight) the leaves burned and the tender new canes wilted :( I pulled the burnt ones off and cut back any wilted canes and its growing back beautifully. I think mine were shaded from the sun too much n when I planted them in direct sun it scorched them. They're doing just fine now. Keep them well watered and take off burnt leaves they'll be fine. I'm in fla and were at 95• with heat index of 103• it's really humid here also - good luck!! :)

Rachel, did the downy mildew issue resolve for you. I wondered how that turned out?

Hey, How did PIP Eden do for you? What about your surviving your winters?

I like roose