It was funny about Sunrise, I must have sunk it in the ground in a pot with the intention to later remove it as long as I liked it in that spot. However I forgot, because when I was digging it up I was wondering what I was hitting! It did cross my mind that being in a pot wasn't the best thing. However it had grown huge at one point. It was taller than my fence and I pruned it or it would have kept going most likely.
It had been a hot and dry spring, so that could have been a factor. I fertilized once with Rose Tone according to the package directions. I wasn't watering until we had longer than a week with no rain. Just for comparison, my Mardi Gras is taller than the 4' fence and was blooming like crazy. IT is 2 roses down from the other two I had problems with. They all are on the same soaker hose have the same growing conditions. That rose has been my best performer out of all the ones I've tried so far.
I do believe it may be underground problems. I saw a groundhog hanging around at one point.
The thing that worried me was the way the leaves looked like Skykittie noticed. They definitely look deficient. I was worried it was a virus, since the other roses I have being treated the same are doing fine.
On that map I am way down in the right corner right on the border where it is green (6a). I am to the right of Nashua.
