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If you can take her out of the pot and plant her in the ground or in a larger pot at least, that will help. Usually when it is the lower foliage it is a natural thing. The lower foliage gets shaded by the upper vigorous foliage. The rosebush no longer gets the life sustaining performance out of the lower leaves and allows them to die back naturally. Just keep her fed and watered well and she should do just fine. Give her some kelp meal and moo poo tea a couple times a year too. I get my moo poo tea bags from Annie Haven at Haven Natural Products on line, so easy to use the prices are top notch as well. http://ahavenbrand.com/products.html

Stan The Rose Man :)
Consulting Rosarian

Earth Kind and other rosebushes planted bare root can get their root systems going well in about 20 days, some take longer due to soils temperature conditions. I have had some bear root rosebushes take nearly two months to start to product foliage above ground. You can speed them up a bit by placing a wall-o-water unit over them and pinch it closed at the top like a T-Pee. This helps warm the soil area around the rosebush as well as the rosebush itself which tricks the rosebush into thinking it is warm enough to get with the program of growing. Pour some moo poo tea around each such rosebush that also has a good root stimulater mixed into it as well, then apply the wall-o-water unit. (

Stan The Rose Man
Consulting Rosarian

Unfortunately no. Blind shoots remain without bloom and are major nutrient robbers from the rest of the bush. It is best to prune them out as far down on the bush as possible. Be sure you do in fact have blind shoots tough, check out this link to an article on rosebushes not blooming: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/roses/no-blooms-on-roses.htm

What you witnessed happens some times when roses have been fed with high nitrogen fertilizers. Other times it is just a hiccup of nature. Those are called vegetative centers. I have seen roses do this and actually have a new cane grow up out of the center of a bloom like it was trying to grow another rosebush. Here is a link to an article about rose deformities for you: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/roses/rose-deformity-info.htm

While your mix may help kill the mites that are thought to spread the virus, I do not see how it would actually cure the infected rosebushes of the disease.

Rose Mosaic Virus is not really treatable. If the infected rosebush is in with other roses either yours or near neighbors, the best thing to do is to dig the bush out and destroy it. That way it will not help spread the virus to others. If the bush is well isolated and you desire to keep it. I would give the bush a couple treatments of Bayer Tree and Shrub granules. This product will help the bush fend off other diseases and insect attacks as well and also feeds the bush. Here is a link to an article for you as well: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/roses/rose-mosaic-virus.htm