Hi all and thanks for reading my message. This used to be a red David Austin rose. Planted around Dec 2023 and had one bloom in the weeks after. Plant started deteriorating right after with no leaves and no new buds. I was thinking my clay soil under the potting mix was the issue. So I dug the plant up and introduced seasol gold with a layer of Gypsum at the bottom. No difference.
There is another white David Austin plant about a metre to the left. That one is flourishing.
Not sure what to do. If the plant is not worth saving I rather pull it out and replant something else.
Any advice appreciated.
Well the photo says it all - no leaves, no buds, browning stems, I'm sorry to say that life has passed it by, it is an ex-rose. So yes dig it up. But before planting another in the same spot I'd give the area a thorough dig over, add more gypsum and lots of well rotted compost, maybe even some composted animal manures too. Just because a neighbouring rose was OK doesn't mean that the soil conditions are exactly the same. There may be a better mix of soil types under that rose - e.g. less clay. There are many possibilities for the cause, so I won't guess but root eating grubs are a common unseen cause. P.S. sieve your compost before adding to the garden to remove any curl grubs which often thrive in compost heaps.