Are the canes still green and growing leaves? was ot a smaller replacement type? You say it has tiny buds? are they green or have they turned yellow? If everything is green, let it grow, Rose De Rescht doesnt get to be a huge rose in my zone five say 4-5 feet by same. Fairly low mounding bush. I wouldnt worry about its vigor as much as if the canes are green and growing nice healhy leaves.

BTW why the plastic baggy? I would just stick them in the ground keep the canes covered with some moist medium and call it good, I got my roses from pickering later than you and stuck them in the ground and just made sure they were moist. We havent had any heat so to speak so that has helped me alot.

I dont like doing bare roots later than early may, but becuase of my move and making rose beds I had to.

Silverkelt

Lilyben, I placed 2 Pickering orders this year -- one arrived very early, and another arrived in mid-May.

The later order included a 'Rose de Rescht' that has yet to show me anything -- the canes remain green and supple, but there are no other signs of life. All of the plants in the earlier order have thrived, & most have already gone thru a bloom cycle. The plants I received later (including RdR) have not done quite so well, altho RdR is the only one that has not yet broken dormancy (at this point, I doubt that it's going to).

My second order was the latest that I had ever placed with Pickering, & I've made a note to myself that from now on I'll place my Pickering order early and request an early shipping date.

As for another Canadian firm (Hortico), I've made a note to myself to never order from them again period -- early, late or in between. Talk about dormancy . . .

Jaxondel,my RDR is in exactly the same condition as yours.
I'll keep my fingers crossed that both our plants will start to grow soon.

Silverkelt,I put the potted roses in plastic bags to keep the humidity higher so that when the leaves started to grow they wouldn't dry out immediately because there weren't enough roots to support them.I didn't plant them in the ground
because I'm still not sure where I will plant them.

Hi there. My two cents and I'm no expert by any means but if your Rose de Rescht is green and looks alive just not blooming, give it some time. Depending on where it came from, or originally was grown and shipped from, it may have already gone through a bloom cycle. Mine here in Southern CT was planted last year and was the first rose to bloom in my yard this year. It has basically already gone through one cycle. It's on it's way to another. Also, this gosh forsaken rain and lack of sun and warmth is thwarting any newly planted roses from progressing. I've planted two very healthy potted roses recently and the blooms that were on the bushes when bought just rotted on the stem. Let's hope for sun and warmth.

Lilyben -- I've just come in from a long day of working in the garden.

My new Pickering 'Rose de Rescht' that on the 15th had green, supple canes, now has canes that are devoid of any sign of life -- totally brown and totally dead. Hope yours has fared better . . .