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Posted By: magic612 dead roses? - September 5th, 2004 at 12:21 AM
I bought a cute little red rose bush from walmart about a month ago. It looked very healthy when I got it. I potted it in a pot and left it in the house. I have a big plant room, all my other plants thrive in there so I assumed the condition for roses would be the same.

Anyway, they have all turned brown and there's basically nothing left to it.

Is there anything I can still do, or is this poor little sucker dead? HELP!
Posted By: Lily789 Re: dead roses? - September 6th, 2004 at 01:03 AM
Are the stems still green and have some dormant "buds" on it? If so, then your rose is all right. My indoor rose dropped all its leaves in autumn. I stared at a bunch of green stems for a couple of months. Then in spring, it put out new leaves from the dormant buds and soon filled out into a beautiful, healthy plant. It's part of the growth cycle... wink

If it has no leaves and the stems are brown, then it's probably dead. You should consider the following:

overwatering, underwatering, diseases, wrong amount of light,etc. Many causes lead to plant deaths.
Posted By: magic612 Re: dead roses? - September 6th, 2004 at 02:13 PM
thank you so much!

The stem is still green so it must just be dormant. I'm so glad you told me, or I would have thrown it out! shocked
Posted By: kari Re: dead roses? - September 6th, 2004 at 06:31 PM
I have a veteran's honor rose bush outside, and this year has not been the best year for it. It has only bloomed once so far and it's now September. I noticed rescently that it has black spots on the leaves and they eventually turn yellow and then die. What is this? Can I save my rose bush?
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