I have alot of their roses and I am tickled.  They are seed grown.
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I wonder if there is some weird little aphid, beetle or grub that is chowing down on them.

jonny once told me that aphids can be eliminated with a 12 guage shot gun.  Gives the house a nice tectured affect as well.

Happy hunting.

Jean, before they died off, what did the leaves look like? Were the flowers looking like they were kinda chewed around the edges before they opened? What did you use for mulch? Did you have aphids, or notice any other small insects on the bottoms of the leaves?

I have roses at my other house, and I came across a fungus in the mulch I used. They made it through, but were damaged and I had to cut them back as far as I dared.  My neighbor had it too. This went on for two years.

You can plant new ones by the end of this month, or very beginning of Sept. They will have time to establish before they go dormant for the winter. Keep them watered well. Before you do, you may want to take a sample of your soil and mulch to the county extension office and have them tested. If it's a problem with the soil, there's no point in replanting until the problem is fixed.

Oh, how I miss my roses... I had a small but lovely and very fragrant rose garden.

I figured out what is killing them...... Rose Rosette also known as Witches Broom.  I'll have to dig up every plant and the surrounding soil if I want to replant.  There is no known cure to the disease. 

Jeannie