i dont know anything about growing roses , but 5 years ago i had a rose that i planted in my garden, it was for our 25th anniversary. it is a white rose, but it seems to have really lanky stems with a top heavy rose on the end , and because of this it just drops down , also it has black spot and the roses have brown specs on them . i have tried spraying them with a multi rose spray but every year it is the same , i dont really like the look of it , and i cut it down every year ,and i do give it rose food in liquid form in the watering can . because it was planted on our 25th ann i dont like to just dig it up but it is not bringing me much joy . a couple of years ago i put it in a pot , but now i am not sure what to do with it . i hate to just get rid of it .

It's unlikely anything you did or did not do. Some roses are just like
that. If it's green and makes flowers, be happy. As for the black spot, if
its in a pot, water from the bottom and put it somewhere it will get a
breeze.

Jeff, Southeast Michigan, Zone 5

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i dont know anything about growing roses , but 5 years ago i had a
rose that i planted in my garden, it was for our 25th anniversary. it
is a white rose, but it seems to have really lanky stems with a top
heavy rose on the end , and because of this it just drops down ,
also it has black spot and the roses have brown specs on them .
i have tried spraying them with a multi rose spray but every year
it is the same , i dont really like the look of it , and i cut it down
every year ,and i do give it rose food in liquid form in the
watering can . because it was planted on our 25th ann i dont like to
just dig it up but it is not bringing me much joy . a couple of
years ago i put it in a pot , but now i am not sure what to do with
it . i hate to just get rid of it .




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may

[quote=Jeffrey L. Kline;780905]It's unlikely anything you did or did not do. Some roses are just like
that. If it's green and makes flowers, be happy. As for the black spot, if
its in a pot, water from the bottom and put it somewhere it will get a
breeze.

QUOTE] i didnt realize about the watering from the bottom ,
i will try that

[quote=may;781574] Why don't you take some semi-ripe cuttings in mid to late summer and if it does eventually give up at least you will have others to remember it by. I have done this with a rose i had to move (it died) but now i have 2 more!

Hmm, as it was mentioned before, some roses just turn out that way. I would recommend that you take a picture and show it to one of the florists London has to offer and I bet they can help you from that point on. Maybe they have seen something like that before and can give advice.