On Jan 27, 4:22*pm, mj wrote:
I need some opinions if anyone has time.
I spent over $200 at Witherspoons 4 years ago. They did well for the
first year, ok for the second year and I pretty much replaced them the
third year. I replaced them *with knock off roses from Walmart and
Lowes. ( I live where there are *no other stores down east of
Raleigh). *Also to be fair the third year I developed quite the deer
problem that I got a handle on the end of last season with "deer away"
stuff. What I have now are some pretty scragaly looking plants. *They
have held on through the cold and windy winter, so far, and I didn't
prune them much in the fall because I was afraid they needed all the
help they could get.
So here are the real questions:
When do I cut them back this spring and try to bring them back to life
and
What does everything think of knock offs? Is that my root (no pun
intended) problem or just the last few years of circumstances?

Hang in there folks, Spring IS coming
Thanks in advance,
MJ

I think they are Knock Out not knockoff. They look pretty good have
talked about some with my wife, but I have a black thumb with roses.
Only success has been with lady banks and a running white rose. I
don't know if they hold up longer or not.