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I have seen in ZD and others too

I can't really tell from your pics... So bumping so maybe someone will answer...

Are you getting blooms? Alot? Not as much as usual?

Same here, Jim. Usually with midged tip it's the emerging tip and bud. On mine they never would get this long, but that's not to say it's NOT midge. Have you pulled back the leaves to see if the larvae are in there?

What happened to the photo is to hard to explain. So I’ll just mention the plant itself.

About two inches over from the left side is what looks like a tiny brown leaf. That newly growing leaf bud has been killed by a midge. Between every stem and a set of leaves there are growth buds. New stems develop from these buds. It is very tender new growth that midge likes to lay it’s eggs in. It can happen at the very end of a stem in a brand new developing flower bud. It can also be a developing growth bud. That is how midge keeps a rose from flowering.

Sorry the pictures were not illustrative. I am going to try again.

And as all of you noticed and from my reading, I dont think it is midge. But it is something.

Patty thank you for that explanation. I did not know it that well. I had not remembered the word borer! I dont know if what I am seeing is truly borer damage but it kinda does look like it. The tip of a nascent shoot wilting and then dying. I too had thought the wilting, dying, crisping was from the acute heat. But now after two days of heavy rain it is continuing to happen. And interestingly I have not seen this at the very tip of any cane or long lateral. Only on small tender side shoots.

Healthy red leaves at the tip. The small shoot just below it is dead.The second shoot down has the tip leaf kinda wilting and a dark maroon color. Pict taken on the 12th.

Picture of the same shoot taken the next day, the 13th. The tip leaf of the second shoot is wilty-er and drier

Pict of the same shoot taken on the 14th, one day later. Look how much drier and dead-er the tip of the second shoot is.. I dont think it is heat damage. The phenomenon is not global, The tender shoots all over the plant dont have it.

Am I looking at something trivial and worrying?

Honestly I just spent the last hour of daylight removing cane borers from my rose canes. They are easier for me to get them at this time because they are at the end of tender shoots.

Just last year I learned what was the cause of my wilted leaves or a couple of drooping buds. There ware little baby bores in the cane. After a season of munching on cane pith they are lot larger. If you need more I formation I can try to answer tomorrow.

Anyway depending on where you live it’s a good bet that wilting is from cane borers. I know it can be overwhelming sometime. Roses can be daunting at times but they are worth the extra trouble.