Lara Zone 10 If the rose was sufficiently damaged upon arrival, I’d ask for replacement. However, they may have become damaged more since left in bag. Now aid cut off any total black cane parts. If they are slightly brown & green they are usually fine. I think the white spots you are referring look like brown spots to me? If the majority of the cane is green I’d keep it. The white canes will green up in sun light… frequently I have them come white & green up quickly. You only need 2-3 good canes to grow a fabulous rose bush. It is up to you, but I may have prune it back to a 6 inch cane or less if I don’t like how the cane looks. All that grows afterwards is “healthy fresh new canes.” You live in zone 10-so you are going to get tons of growth & tall growth with all that sun eventually. So I wouldn’t worry about what you decided to prune back. I like new growth w/new soft green thorns & new pretty canes. Anything you don’t like-just remove it. It’s really your preference. You can train the rose to look like what you want. Have fun! Happy Gardening!

Love your posts and videos, Hoang! I have been wanting a DA rose for a long time, but haven't been able to decide on one or have had the confidence that I can grow from a bare root. Then yesterday, I was in my local nursery and there were a few DA roses! They had one that was on my favorites list, so I bought it. Teasing Georgia. I only have room for one climbing rose and maybe one shrub rose. So I am going to try the teasing georgia on my fence. I am both excited and nervous!!! Anyways, your love for roses inspired me to give it a try!

Oh I'm looking forward to seeing yours. Please keep us updated. I am seriously considering Silas Mariner for next year. It looks beautiful in the photos and the librarian in me would be so happy to have a rose named in honor of George Eliot

Resurrecting this thread because I love talking about Silas Marner! I'm in my second spring with it. Of course I haven't had a bloom yet for 2023, but it's already pushed out so many leaves and I'm fully expecting it to be one of my early bloomers. We had a few really warm weeks at the end of February and into the beginning of March, followed by a freeze snap, so everything that went crazy with growth is suffering the consequences now. Time will tell how badly it impacts everything. Mine is a STRETCHER. I ended up putting an obelisk over and I think it's really going to help this year. Those canes just went a bit wild by the end of the summer last year, so if you're hoping for a more compact plant I don't think this is the one. I have SM planted right by Olivia Austin, who stays bushy and shrub-like, and they both are in full sun all day. I can't wait for blooms soon, SM's fragrance is extraordinary! I don't have anything that smells like this one. To my nose I smell waterlily, apricot, banana, and old rose. It's heaven! SM stayed extremely healthy all year last year, but did black spot on the bottom at the beginning of autumn. Not badly though, and we tend to get lots of blackspot in my neck of the woods, so I would consider it a huge win. Here are some photos from last year's blooms and one photo from today after I stuck an obelisk around it.