My rose garden fared much better than last year as well. I lost all three Mevrow an Nathalie Nypels to weather. I lost maybe one of three Jean Bach Sisley. And one of Two La Marne. La Marne was lost to nibbling critters. Oh, and I lost two of three Coup de Foudre and two of three Marina. But it's hard to narrow down the cause. These were undeveloped. And all were nibbled severely in the fall when a hungry rabbit ate the stems all the way down to ground level. Since the garden had more than seventy roses in place in fall (all less than one year old) and I lost nine - most of which were $5 bands from a fall liquidation at Ashdown, I feel that I did much better than the previous winter when I lost all 16 gallons I bought the preceding fall from ARE.
Much of it I attribute to the (miserable but) steady weather that grew gradually colder, and then ever so gradually warmer; and to the ample moisture we got.
