Let us wait and let it grow a bit more before we decide anything ...

It does look weird. Personally, I would prune off all the canker that is on 2 canes that I can see. It will just get worse and destroy top growth anyway.

Where are you located? Do you have chili thrips in your area. It looks kind of like chili thrip damage here in Florida. If it is chili thrips, you can spray it with spinosad. There are several brands. I use Conserve because that was recommend to me. Make sure you spray when it is cool. Even if you cut back, the plant will put out new growth, and the CT will attack that.... it is a vicious circle. CT's will slow down when it gets cooler. Also, they don't seem to attack the older leaves.

In agreement that t does look weird. Believe it or not I had a rose do that. It looked very odd indeed. Right before I shovel pruned it I decided to prune it back instead. It turned out that the cane was bad lower down. A borer had gotten in and destroyed the pith. Once pruned it was able to grow healthy again.

I’m not saying that is what is wrong just that many things can cause a problem. Like Odyssey said the black cankered parts of the cane needs pruned anyway. So now is a great time to do it.

Thanks, folks!!!

I live in way-too-hot-now LA (Southern Cal), and this is on a very hot balcony to boot. So not much breeze. Among other things, I need to put this on stilts. This little bit is a little bit shorter and more squished than most of the weird bits, but, that’s the general idea.

I had heard the word “canker” before, but didn’t know what it was or that my plants had it, so, I will be educating myself about that (very slowly).

This weird growth also happens on the other rose bush I have up there. Maybe I will try pruning it back. I think also I will take more pictures and show it to maybe a Roger’s Gardens person at some point. I think they may have botrytis too (is that the one where the bud opens too early?)

Anyhow, thanks again.

Looks like many or even most of my roses in heat and drought. What about it looks funny to you?

That leaf is chlorotic, which can occur for many reasons, commonly salt buildup in potted plants, at least in my climate.