Is there something about his sprayer that is the problem? If that is it, go to Home Depot and buy an easy-to-use 1 gal. hand-pump sprayer in the garden center and a bottle of Bayer Advanced Garden Disease Control (fungicide). Following directions, put some Bayer in the sprayer (about 1.5 tablespoon, if I remember correctly), a few drops of dishwater soap (I never can remember if Bayer already has a stick-um in it), and fill the sprayer with water up to the 1 gal. mark. Then pump the handle up and down several times and turn it back to the lock position. Aim the wand at the bush and press the "on" button (you may have to adjust the tip of the wand to a wider spray pattern). Spray until everything is wet. That's it. Oh, yes--pick an early morning when there is almost no wind at all, and make sure you are wearing long pants/long sleeves, etc., at the very least, and always stay downwind from the spray wand. The hardest part about spraying for me is making myself do it--but with the cooler temps, I know my garden is going to have a bout of BS, so I assume yours will too, unfortunately. Really, it is very easy to spray--once I convince myself to get off my duff and actually do it. LOL Good luck, Kate

Problem:Holes appear in unopened rosebuds. Leaves and stems may also have holes or may be chewed off. Cause:Caterpillar damage Caterpillars, the larvae of moths and butterflies. Most are yellow or green and up to 1 inch long. Some, such as budworms, attack only the flowers; others eat the leaves and stems. Solution:Spray with Bacillus thuringiensis, called Bt, a bacterium fatal to caterpillars but harmless to plants and other animals. Here is a link that might be useful: rose pests

Might I gently suggest, Ickle Cat, that you be patient and wait for that outdoor garden next spring and plant roses then? Keeping a potted rose happy inside a warm apartment is very difficult, indeed. Starting out with a boxed, dormant rose (especially one of those unnamed chopped & waxed poor things) is even less likely to reach success. There is a good reason that roses are not usually house plants. You certainly can keep the potting soil moist and let things go for a some more weeks to be sure, but it sounds like your rose pushed all the energy it had stored in its canes into some growth and then you cut it off. That kind of "pruning" does not, I'm afraid, "make them grow." It may be putting out new roots and it may send out more new leaves - you can mist the canes to help keep them moist (if planted outdoors, one would mound them to keep them from drying out.) Don't keep the pot in standing water in a saucer; you don't want to rot the roots - but keep the whole thing nicely damp. Be sure to allow it the maximum sunshine you can manage and then be patient. No fertilizer, please, at this time. Either it will grow or it won't and all you can do is wait and see. The real trouble comes in if it does succeed in surviving and pushing out new growth - then it will be your task to keep it free of spider mites and other troubles that plaque roses in the dry, warm indoor environment...and you're realistically looking to do this for a year? Well, not impossible, but highly improbable, IMHO. I've overwintered potted healthy roses indoors just for fun - and believe me, it is a lot of work to keep them healthy. Did it for a few years and was glad to put the practice behind me! ;-) Perhaps you could spend this year researching and learning more about roses, what they need and how they grow. There are lots and lots of good books on the subject and not to mention lots of information on the Web. Visit nurseries and gardens and ask questions. You'll be far more prepared next year to make good choices of roses for your new garden and to keep those choices happy and growing. Sincere good luck to you!

Looks live to me. My best guess for its loosing its leaves & not yet growing new ones is transplant shock. I'd be watering it more than twice a week unless rainfall was doing the job for me, watering every other day, giving the equivalent of a large watering can each time. The grass closely surrounding it may be drinking up the water, especially if the ground is not level where it's planted. Would give temporary shade from the heat of the sun in the meantime, good for any transplant in Summer. Other remedies to try after adequate water for a week. like spraying the bare canes with Neptune's Harvest early in the evening when they're most likely to absorb it. Ben's right - easier to start fresh than take the time to help a distressed rose recuperate. I'm a softhearted gardener, so give plants "nursing" care when needed. Very satisfying to see them rebound... Welcome to the forum & the ongoing adventure of gardening! Sue