This spring I noticed a few of my roses had something scratch the bark off the canes. It looked like lots of lines down the canes. The roses this happened to had barely anything left alive. pretty much a single cane remained on each of them, that weren't completely dead. They were very slow to start growing and even until this day they appear stunted. One is Folklore and it usually gets very tall. It is only about a foot high with 3 small canes and managed 3 small blooms. I also have Tahiatin Sunset but this one appears to be sizing up some at this point. It isn't any where near as big as usual though. The worst is Freisinger Morgenrote Aka: Sunrise, it is about 3" tall with a little bud. The leaves also look stunted like they just aren't growing the right size. These roses were all very vigorous last year. Can anyone give me a suggestion as to what may help. I made sure to fertilize. I used Rose Tone. I also run a soaker hose for them when we have no natural rainfall for a while. I am concerned since if I lose these three that will be 7 roses I've lost since planting in 2009 and 2010. I am afraid I have brought a disease in and won't be able to grow roses anymore.
