Althea, I assume you mean you have only grown hybrid tea roses in the past, since tea roses are a type of shrub rose.

In any case, although it's awfully late in the year for bareroot roses, if the lazy ones were mine, I'd cut the canes back to only one or two buds and see if that doesn't wake them up. If there is still no action after 3 or 4 weeks, I'd be in touch with J&P. I've purchased a couple of bareroot roses from them in the past that never came alive, and they replaced them with no questions asked.

Yes, that's what I should have written Field, ht's. My attempt to simplify backfired. The truth is, I didn't plant any ht's this summer, but floribunda's, David Ausitn English Roses, an English Shrub Rose, Habitat For Humanity, Ladies in Waiting & Lemon Zest. The H for H & the last two are called only "shrubs" on my statement. These are the slow ones.

We cut back the canes a week & a half ago. Since then the slow Lady in Waiting has one leaf. The Lemon Zests which arrived with mostly black canes haven't done anything. I'll call J & P next week.

I gave up long ago on the midsummer sales of bare root roses. They have been in cold storage since November and may be dehydrated or cold-damaged. Plus in northern zones you need your plants to grow as much as possible the first season so they can recover from winter. It's best to order in winter for early spring delivery and planting.

Good advice Michael. Usually I wouldn't consider planting a bare root rose in July, but we move July 1 and I really, really wanted to have some roses at the new place asap, so I took a chance. I prefer bare root over plants from a greenhouse to lessen the possibility of disease.