Hi all. I'm new to roses and I seem to be having a problem. I bought
4 bare root roses and received one more from a friend for my new
house. I live near Raleigh, NC and planted the roses in the last
weekend of February after soaking them for 24 hours. I got Ink Spots
from one nursery, Taboo, Stainless Steel, and Gina Lollobrigida from
another nursery, and a purple rose from Lowes. Ink Spots and the
purple rose seem to be doing much better than the other three.
Several of the canes have turned gray and a lot of leaves have turned
yellow and or brown. I sprayed with Ortho RosePride (.25% Acephate,
0.10% Resmethrin, 0.10% Triforine) last week and plan on spraying
every week or so. This spray is suppose to stop & prevent Black Spot,
Rust, and Mildew while also killing various insects. None of the
plants have produces roses, but all have some buds that have started
to form. I've put pictures of them on my web site at
http://eberwein.dyndns.org/roses for you to look at. Note that the
pictures range from 450K to 800K in size so they may take a long time
to view. Can anyone tell what the problem is by these pictures and my
description.

Thanks,
Kevin