Rose balling?

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I planted a Charles Darwin rose from DA a few weeks ago, in a large pot. It seemed to be doing beautifully and currently has about 14 buds on it. However, some of larger buds have started to open - and then stopped! I noticed this morning that the outer petals of one of them feels really papery and dry and is starting to turn brown at the edges. The unopened buds look ok, I think, but I am worried the whole plant is damaged.

I'm on the south coast so every day it's been alternating rain and sunshine.

This is rose balling isn't it? 😩Do I remove the damaged buds and hope the others are ok? Have I killed my brand new rose?

You haven't killed it but the damaged blooms should be removed so it can get to work on making new healthy flowers.

replanting roses stresses them.
ideally you do that during the winter months when the plants are dormant.

remove dried leaves and flower buds.
give it a good water once a week, let it get slightly dry between watering.

roses in pots need more feed than roses in the ground. I feed mine every couple of months from April-September with a slow release rose fertiliser.

roses are tough plants. it will pick up again.

It's the weather; many old fashioned and glorious CD roses are so full of petals that they tend to stick together and not open up when there's even modicum of rain. Balling blooms should be cut off, heavy dose of hope for good weather is the only cure 🤓

OK, I'm going to go and snip. Fingers crossed!

I found that quite a lot of buds balled during the first two years from planting. This year, hardly any, and we’ve had quite a lot of heavy rain.

As others have said, just keep deadheading them. Fingers crossed for some more sunshine too.