Is it possible you are drowning the roses with all the rain plus additional watering? In houseplants the lack of water can look the same as over watering i.e wilting because the roots are starting to rot. Do you have a water meter you can use to see what is happening in the soil?

The leaves are a beautiful lush green without any yellowing at all, and the blooms that followed have minimum wilting, so I think this was just a bad sunburn.



The above King's Ransom was still budding when I left them in the sun, so you can see the wilting just around the edges, but it's nothing like it was.



The pale petals on the underside of the Chicago Peace wasn't spared either, and you can see some wilting around the edges, but the rest of the bloom that was protected while it was still in the bud, and is doing just fine. The rest of the blooms are thankfully beautiful & unblemished.

Sometimes I forget that people & plants both can be sunburned even when the temps don't seem that high, yet the sun is shining brightly - that squashes the idea that I would be able take down the hoop-shade as soon as next year

I wish I were able to water more around the perimeter to encourage the roots to spread out, but it seems that when your soil pools water like a parking lot, there are not a lot of easy answers to the problem, and the only real solution I was able to come up with is a (VERY) slow-drip watering over several hours twice per week at the base of the plant. So I can water lightly/daily over a spread & get high roots with a good spread, or do a slow/deep watering & get deep roots that go straight down - not real sure there's a good answer.



The Golden Masterpiece is getting a daily watering around the perimeter, and is doing very well, and I couldn't be more pleased to see it! Today was food-day again, & while last year I wasn't expecting any blooms at all, I find myself a bit giddy when I think of what this one might look like when she finally starts to show off her colorful blooms :D

Well, that's all for this update. Thank you all for your input, & I'll post more progress again next week. Cheers, Cotton

When I have a plant that needs slow drip watering, I put a 5 gallon bucket next to it that has a small hole in the bottom and refill it as needed.

Hello again! This week is especially exciting because our newest has a tiny little bud!



I am quite eager to see what color this Golden Masterpiece will turn out to be, and while I don't expect it to be an exact match to the King's Ransom, I'm optimistic that it will compliment well enough.

As for the others, I'm still getting wilting, and while I was thinking that over-watering usually results in yellowing leaves, I've also read that an over-watered rose often reacts similar to an under-watered rose, so I think I'm going to go back to only doing a deep watering once per week, and hopefully that will help.

In other news: I went into the purchase of this home with the expectation of it being my forever-home, however as life changes, I've had to change with it, and I've come to the difficult conclusion that this house will have to serve as an investment. Sadly that means that I'll have about another year before looking to sell, and while I would love to take these beauties with me, I would much prefer to finally get them to a place where they can be watered once per week, and fed twice per month, and continue to be healthy with beautiful blooms for the new owner. I don't know if this will be possible, but I would love to see this to fruition. The silver-lining here is that after I settle in a new location, I'll take with me the knowledge that I've learned, and start again. :)

I appreciate all the input from those that have replied, and I hope that everyone is having a great day! Cheers, Cotton

We've got another tiny little bloom!



One of the wonderful things about these beauties is that they are so forgiving as we learn what it is that they actually need. As per advice from some wonderfully patient people here, I've taken to watering all three with an old-fashioned watering-can, & the improvement is very encouraging. It would seem that the deep watering sessions were causing a lot of wilting without turning hardly any of the leaves yellow, but everyone looks much healthier now, so I'm fairly certain that I was drowning them. Soon, I'll pull back the mulch to pull weeds, & I'll use what's left of my gardening soil to help put some sustenance in the ground. Thanks again to everyone that has been giving good advice, & I'll post here again next week. Cheers, Cotton

Definitely looks like a healthy rose. Well done!