Last spring I planted 6 rose bushes of different types. Something ate 4 of them during winter. Can I do anything to save these or would I be better off starting over? I should have covered them but it said they are winter hearty varieties that don't require covering. I should have known better. First picture is the rose bush. The other two are a tree type. Here's what they looked like in fall (first day of school) And here's after only a couple weeks last spring.
Dead is Dead. Start over, next year,. cover them in pine needles etc. after the ground is frozen. Nothing around here except old fashion roses survives unless covered with snow or other protective covering. Really hard winter here. most all my Rhododendrons are dead down to about 2 feet. My 8 foot plants loaded with buds are frozen dead. Won't be much color this year.
They aren't dead, there just isn't much left. I'm wondering if they will come back or not. I had some potentilla bushes that the rabbits ate a couple years ago. Two of them came back good, one did not. Darn rabbits eat anything!
The deer browsed down a briar patch here this Winter. Those will grow back. You might even get lucky and the heavy "pruning" will cause them to bloom profusely and you won't mind the odd shape (s) early into the season.
One looks like a tree roses to me. Anything below the graft, even on any grafted rose will not be anything you want in your garden. On the bright side, if not grafted, anything that grows back will be true and may be very robust. Feed them well and see what you get. I've had some with green areas that never sent up buds. They were dead. Only if you see new growth will you know they are alive.
Gorgeous colour. I'd say give them a couple of more weeks to see if there is any new green shoots. If there is, they will come back. Just be odd shapes until they get big enough to prune. I live in a very mild climate for roses and I have one that blooms until almost Dec. and is trying to put out blooms now.
Rabbits are at our fruit trees and destroyed some of our gooseberry bushes. All you can do is wait and see if the roots sprout new shoots.
