I'm sure you mean hybrid tea and not tea, as tea roses would not be hardy for zone 6 Ohio, and hybrid tea roses barely are. Which is probably what happened to your rose. Winter killed it, leaving only the rootstock, which is most likley to be Dr. Huey.

Thanks for the note. Yes, it's a hybrid tea, and the last two years the root stock sent up shoots or the single dark red roses, which I didn't recognize at first. I immediately cut them off. I now know to pull it off instead. Anyway, the origianl rose was still growing and was very pretty. But, as you suggested, it died to the ground again and came back up this year. But, as I stated before, it has no blooms. It has the leaves and stems of the Hybrid rose, but no blooms. Now it has new growth from the bent branches that I pegged I thought I would wait to see if they would bloom. I plan to dig up and plant a more winter tolerant rose in its place.

Generally speaking, high nitrogen fertilizing encourages green growth and discourages blooms. You may want to leave it in place, mulching it in with leaves or other 'browns' as the composters call them, and see if it doesn't bloom next year. I'd definitely -not- add anymore high nitrogen fertilizer to that spot of ground for some time to come.

--Chris