Welcome! A photo would really help. Putting in your location was a huge help.

If it has survived all that it sounds like you have a winner! Don't prune it at all until it blooms next spring and then take LOTS of pictures! Take pictures of buds, half open blooms, full open blooms, leaves, stems, thorns and the whole plant. Then we MAY be able to ID it. If nothing else we may be able to tell you what type of rose it is which will help in knowing how to care for it.

Just an update for my own records, here it is today. It was the last to go dormant and the first to wake back up. No winter damage and no winter protection.

It looks very healthy. The dark red/maroon leaves are from new basal canes it produced this year. Still about 1' wide and less than that for height, no blooms yet.

Looking forward to seeing the blooms!

Yes, it really does look uber healthy!! :)

Im looking forward to seeing what it might be. The new spring growth looks great!

Haha you guys have no idea how much time I spent talking to this rose over winter, showering it with words of encouragement. Literally talking to it. I am sooooo excited at the idea of it blooming this year, too.

So, anyone else actually talk like that to their plants? Lol!

Usually when I'm annoyed. Stop biting me (for example LOL)

Just another photo update before I forget. I initially thought this rose was a mini because of the tiny foliage. Even the first leaves it put out this year on the old canes were so small, but it shot up several basal canes in this last month and all the leaves are much bigger! So I'm back to being confused. Here you can see the significant size difference in the top leaves (new basals) vs. the bottom leaves (old wood). I think it is all the same rose, though 🤔

Can anyone give me some insight? The new basal canes have continued to grow and grow straight up, but are not making any buds at all. I figured it would put on buds with all that healthy looking new growth! Is something the matter with it? I was at first not concerned, thinking maybe it's just the type to bloom on old wood, but then I saw a post talking about "blind shoots" and such and now a bit worried. Any experience with this type of growth? And is it weird that the new growth has much bigger leaves than the old growth?

I think you should relax and give it a bit longer before you start to worry. If I saw that I would expect that in a little while, candelabra-style multiple buds may start to form at the ends of the shoots but it probably needs a little while longer to get ready to bloom. The larger leaves could be due to fertilizer, soil type, more mature roots reaching deeper, or warmer weather.

Okay thank you 😅 I will try to chill about it and wait, often I need reminders to be patient!

I will look tomorrow but I don't think any of my roses have buds yet.

@mmmm12COzone5 A few of mine do, but what confused me most is that the rose that this post is about does in fact have just one single bud, it's had it for a week or so. But on an old branch, and these new branches seemed so full of life that I was surprised they didn't also produce buds.

My other budded roses are John Cabot and Munstead Wood. John Cabot will very likely be the first to bloom.

I have the teeny tiniest couple of buds on Amiga Mia and Winnipeg Parks. They are so small (and hard to spot) they may just be emerging today. Everything else is just greenery. I think our oddly colder than normal spring has made things slow.

I’m betting it’s Dr. Huey.

@User I wondered the same, but I read that Dr. Huey is basically thornless? This rose certainly is not thornless.

@Mischievous Magpie (CO 5b) Dr. Huey is not thornless, no. Not the thorniest beast in the world, but not thornless either.

@User Ah, okay. Well here's a photo of some thorns and they continue up the back of the leaves. So I guess I won't know 100% for sure until next year if this is the Dr?

That looks very Huey to me, yes. There's always a slim chance you might see a few blooms this year, as Dr. Huey is a strict once-bloomer. And if it flowers this year and its NOT a deep burgundy-red bloom with 8-15 petals, then you've got something else. (which would be nice, because Dr. Huey has more negative traits than positive)

@User One more question, if you don't mind? Since I originally found this rose as a tiny twig (like 3" tall the first year), can I assume the entire thing is the same rose? The entirety of the root system fit in the palm of my hand at the time.. There are some small buds forming last year's canes, so I am wondering if they will be indicative of the entire bush's potential future blooms? Or are you saying that only the weirdly tall new growth is probably Dr. Huey?

@User well then I guess I'll find out for sure as soon as these buds open. I really appreciate you taking the time to help me! 😊