Garden

[Dazlin]

Glad you guys like my dog!! I love him too, hes the one we rescued in desperate need of medical help...he was 9 weeks when I got him. He'll be 2 years in March, Gabriel, doing fantastico!!

[Carmie]

They look okay to me. I'd give them a little more time to leaf up.

[fthunt]

I've never seen a rose bush look like that.    You have nothing to lose to give it a second chance.  No branches - looks like a stump of a tree.   Let us know what happens.

[Dazlin]

Scraped both crowns..nothing but brown. 

Will pull both out....oh well. 

[candys mine]

Darn it.  Oh well, at least you won't have to feel guilty about pulling them up.  

[x Hedge]

    @Dazlin ,

I'd wait. Being transplanted, plus a severe pruning is a big shock.

What's the rush?

Do you need the pots for something else right away?

I'd give them a little fertilizer and make them prove they're dead...or alive.

[JustJazzmom]

They look to me to be planted too high in the pot. They should be planted lower into the soil so all you see are the stems emerging. 

Ideally, they would do best in the ground. I agree with others to wait to see if new growth emerges or with some bark scraping you see green below. 

Where I am in zone 7, if no growth emerges by July 4th, consider your rose dead. 

I would contact your local Cooperative Extention & bring those pictures to them. I'm not familiar with the window of life expected on roses in Florida (July?, June? May?)

[Dazlin]

Yes, they're a bit high in pots, but I did add more soil to keep everything covered...I just wanted you to see a better picture of the entire stock, crown.
They were repotted in fresh potting soil and well fertilized, same as all the rest of my Rose's. After several weeks, only these two weren't showing any signs of life. I pruned so hard on these two because the canes were brown...so I guess they might of been on their way out. I did scrape the bark, as suggested here (thank you)...but they very brown inside. One was Fragrant Cloud, and Eptide. To answer timing for blooming...everything is getting rich foliage, new canes, and Coral Dawn has a bunch of buds. Zone 9 here...been a very warm winter too.
Yes, much better in the ground...all my others are in raised planters without bottoms...you can some in previous pics. I'll get some pretty annuals for those pots🙂.

[aoldgirl]

Well, now you know.  Don't feel bad, it looks like to me, that that rose bush is an old bush, what like 10 years old.  Bring home a new one and see if he/she likes your yard.  

[x Hedge]

@Dazlin ,  it could be the entire visible portion will eventually die back, while you get new shoots from below soil level.

Again, what's the rush?