Hello again Becca....
I am also a new
rose grower,
well, I've grown them, but I am not all
too fancy with them....
I can tell you some basic's, but I'm also
at a bit of a dis~advantage as far as
rosesfor your
growing climate...*I am
growing zone 5*
Now, normally at this time I would be putting my
rose's to sleep or at least preparing them for the winter...
I'm hopin' someone who grows
rose's in your climate can chim in...
~~~~~~~>Do you happen to have a picture??<~~~~~~~
That would be great...
I do know that if I ever want new basal growth
for my
rose *but this is usually in the
spring time I do this*, I will give my
rose a good watering, scatch in some Epsom Salts, and water that in again too..
Then I find some new soil/dirt from somewhere's else on my property, and fill a bucket of it.... then take it to the
rose in question,
and dump it on top of it...covering a good portion of the bottom and stem of the
plant,
and give a good watering again...
And wait..... what this does promotes new, red, basal growth from the bottom of the
plant....
*although it may be the root stock of the
rose too, not sure in your case, you may have
rose's that don't need a cold tolerant root stock, so it may come true to the
rose you bought...
Now, once the
rose sprouts some new red/green growth, you want to pull that new soil/dirt away
from the base/stem of the
plant, uncovering the new growth...
I am not sure this is what you wanna do so late in the season, but again, not sure of the correct proceedure in your area...
Hope this helps some....