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Is this rose plant dead?

jamesmcuthbert98jamesmcuthbert98 Posts: 2
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My rose has been cut down to ground level and I believe it is dead but I am unsure. Is there anything I can do?

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Looks dead to me.   Whodunnit?
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Can't see any sign of green anywhere, l would say definitely deceased. 
  • jamesmcuthbert98jamesmcuthbert98 Posts: 2
    My younger brother. He said he was trying to help
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    edited June 2019
    Lock the tool cupboard then in case he picks on a live specimen next time but that one definitely looks like an ex rose.

    You'll need to dig out the roots just in case there's any life left and you get a rambler growing from the rootstock.   Then you can consider it a planting opportunity.   If you plant another rose in the same spot you need to dig out a large hole and put in fresh soil to avoid rose die-back disease as the old rose will have scoffed all the best nutrients.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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