Cut it off at base.Leave new growth.Have around 50 rugosas.Lose a couple
each year. They grow back.
"Jane" wrote in message
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Thanks for your thoughts on bindweed - a little depressing for sure
because
whatever I do there is an endless supply next door.

About the rugosa roses. All the canes are dead. There is no new growth
on
the canes. However, there is growth at the base of the plant. I was
prepared to prune but was reading on rugosas last night and learned that
you
shouldn't have to prune rugosas. I wonder if the farmer might have
sprayed
something that has killed the tops of the plant and trying to keep them
going in that location is a losing proposition. It was also a severe
winter
here in southern Ontario (zone 5) but my understanding is that these
should
be very hardy. Any ideas?

Jane