seil is right about the rhodi: it's alive and desiccated. Much room for improvement. Go outside now with a flashlight and water.

ahahha ! Going right away !

Mines all survived thank God. The ones I covered did extremely well while the branches and the rose bushes themselves that did not get proper protect all died back. It was horrible even here. It was frigid for weeks, well below 0, the the whole month of February it warmed up drastically almost too warm, into the 70's, then back to frigid again the whole month of March and part of April. It was messed up.

ALL of my roses died back to the crowns ... even the Carefree Beauties and Knockouts.

Myermike ... what do you use to cover your roses in winter ?

If that rose is grafted, and the bud union is ground level, it's probably dead. If you plant grafted roses in cold zones you need to bury the bud union. Lots of info on here about that. Or you could do what I do, and plant own root. I know any cane coming from an own root is going to be the same rose. Even if I whack them down to the ground. They don't start off as big, but I think a lot of them end up being fuller in the long run. The best thing is finding a big bare own root, but they are harder to come by. *didn't see the date. Hope it turned out ok.

If Rhodie bounces back, in fall before temp drops to low 40’s apply an antidesciccant to those leaves. Wilt Pruf is one product; available as a spray bottle or concentrate — buy a pump sprayer for concentrate & add water in a 1 part Wilt Pruf to 5 parts water. Shake bottle well before using the concentrate. Burlap is good to protect against drying winter winds. Remove in April.

I agree, if rose was grafted, it looks dead. Graft unions should be buried in the ground. A better route is buying own root roses, which doesn’t have problems like graft union failure. On any rose cut at a 45 degree angle to where you see green stems or just above leaf growth when you have winter damage. In my experience, this winter had the worst winter damage on my roses. They are bouncing back & had their first feeding of Rose Tone in late April. Once roses have fully leafed out, apply Epsom salts (1/2 Cup maximum) around roses & again mid summer. They need the magnesium for good bud formation. Feed your roses with a granular fertilizer monthly during growing season. Stop feeding in early September. This signals to them to stop putting out new growth.