I inherited a number of roses with this garden, some of which were rather
poorly. They're now doing much better, but I've noticed a number of times
now that a new cane will appear to start "budding" off the base or low down,
but then just stops and shrivels away after growing only a few millimetres.
I'm just wondering what might cause this. Do they need feeding more, or
might it be insufficient water, or something? It's annoying when I think I'm
getting a new break from the base, then it just goes nowhere. The bushes are
much healthier than they were, if not spectacular. Lots of leaves now and no
black spot. One of them which has just done this had a very nice bloom on
it, which seemed healthy, for instance.

Any ideas, anyone?


Ian