I officially announce my resignation as rose gardener...

crazyH, I do hope the tea bags don't have plastic in them. I'm in a (very long) process of sieving all the compost - well rotted, from years ago - to get out the Yorkshire teabags that will never decompose. The insides have gone, but not the bag itself. I think they've changed them now, but wish I'd have known.

I do understand CanadianGran, it’s hard to give up trying with a plant you love though. My garden will not grow poppies, I’ve tried numerous times, so I know how frustrating it is.

As I've moved into a retirement flat, I don't have a garden, except for a little patio with pots, a hanging basket and a beautiful rose - petals that form perfect rosettes, a light pinkish, peachish, creamy colour and a delicate scent. The first flowering over, I dead-headed it severely and have been rewarded with a prolific display on a second blooming. I can report myself as an excellent dead-header. The autumn pruning will be fun.

Casdon, it's tempting but I mustn't! I came back from vacation to shrub roses nothing but stems... no leaves left at all (eaten by something) and a few pitiful buds bent over and mildewed.

I was spraying every week with bug soap and then anti-fungal. I just give up!

One last shot maybe?
ministryofthefence.me/2017/03/06/celebrate-canada-with-a-brilliantly-hardy-rose/

canadiangran,as a fellow Canadian gran I too have given up growing roses, they just do not seem to like the soil or the extremes of climate.🥲

I inherited my beautiful roses from the previous owner. I do nothing; I just watch them flourish. I do throw in an odd used teabag, when I remember.

My roses bought from a good garden centre have been very disappointing too canadagran, it’s a shame given they aren’t cheap.

The most beautiful roses I ever had were in my garden that had a clay soil. People would stop and admire them. We moved and have never had such lovely roses since.
Sorry your roses were disappointing CanadianGran.