Hi can you help. We planted this rose in 2014 in memory of my mom. It appears to be dieing. I have removed a lot of leaves already. I really want to save it for my dad's sake, he has looked after it so well.

It looks like it has some healthy new growth. Cut away the dead canes, and you can better assess the plant. I've seen removal of dead growth triggger production of healthy new basal canes.

Like Jeri said, cut out all the dead canes. Then look at all the green canes. Any dead, twiggy stuff cut off. Now all the green canes, cut about 1/3 off the top. Water good any add just a LITTLE Organic fertilizer. Things should perk up in a couple of weeks.

It's perfectly normal for some canes to die each season, but it doesn't look like the plant is dying to me, because you also have healthy green canes. So as Jeri said, remove the dead brown canes (this is normal maintenance of a rose bush). Then give the plant some liquid fertilizer, and you can expect to see new canes grow over time.

Edited to add: I made my post at the same time as Ken, and it's interesting to note that we are all offering similar advice.

Ken -- It's also interesting that we are all three in very different climate zones and conditions. So, this advice is more or less "universal".

Best of wishes, Wendy!

Thank you all for your advice. I was hopeful re the new growth. My dad has looked after it for 7 years now, normally this time of year it is flourishing, so we presumed it was dieing. I am really grateful to you all for the advice and I'm so relieved it's not a serious problem 😃😃