I think they are just desperately trying to survive, but dying back through lack of water and perhaps food, Kelly. The soil does look dry and has perhaps shrank back, exposing the crowns? The leaves present don’t show any specific nutrient deficiency to me, so I wouldn’t try and ’correct’ a problem that may not be there because that would just stress them even further.

Rather, try and cut as much of that dead wood back as close to soil level as possible, give each several cans of water, poured slowly to make sure it penetrates deeply, then mulch heavily with some decent compost. Don’t feed, just continue to keep them well watered. Protect over winter if that is usually required in your climate and then you have given them the best chance of bouncing back next Spring. A scattering of alfalfa pellets early next season will also encourage new cane growth. Then, if and when you see recovery, would be the time to reassess.

The above assumes you want to keep them in the ground in their current locations, but if you do decide to move them, then I would follow Sheila’s advice to pot them up and baby them in a sheltered location over winter.

Good advice. Do what Nollie advises.

Moses.

I noticed at our local hospital the KO's and other plants planted near tree roots are growing poorly... Good Luck Kelly hope you figure things out!

Mine is self supporting and 6 ft or so. I wonder if she needs less fertilizer and more time. Alaska agreed with mine a bit better than Southern Oregon where stem girdlers love her. She does flower freely, but I only fertilize in Spring, like Diane does.

Sorry Kelly. No advice. All 3 of mine in 2 different gardens eventually died. I could never figure out why. Maybe too hot too wet too disease ridden Or too heavy clay. I really wanted this rose to work. I've had better luck with Felix leClerc, although he does Not climb as tall.

Kelly, sorry to hear you aren't getting any blooms. We don't fertilize at all and ours has been a non-stop bloomer this year. Also got it as a band from High Country Roses 2 years ago (6/24). It was one of my earliest bloomers in the spring and even through our summer of 100F it has still been pumping out the blooms. I'd say stop fertilizing it and see if the situation improves. It may be getting too much of what it needs for growth instead of blooms.

This photo was in June of this year and it has been growing and blooming non-stop this summer.

In terms of eventual size I'm curious about that myself. It has grown much faster than anything else I've put in and is rapidly catching up to my largest and tallest roses. I'm very pleased with it since climbers generally haven't behaved as climbers for me and act like short bushes.

Here Victorian Memory is on the right. Just to the left of it is Fred Loads, my tallest rose. The left of that is Winnipeg Parks which has gotten very large across. At the far left is Candy Land which has finally taken off this year but is getting wider, not taller.

I started gardening in grade school in St. Peter, Minnesota. I know yours is a tough climate, Kelly.