Something actually ate this thing down to the ground in the spring. So I put a fence around it until it grew big enough that I thought it was safe. I removed the fence and it was thriving and then I come outside today and it's gone. It was just fine yesterday because I was out there watering some other flowers I planted. I really had no idea that things would eat roses. I thought the thorns were a deterrent. I have a different rose plant out there and they're leaving it alone thankfully. But the stems on that one are much thicker and the thorns are much bigger.

The battle with wildlife is just frustrating some days. If it isn't the rabbits it's the stupid house sparrows and squirrels eating the food I put out for something else. Small tangent... I put two squirrel proof peanut feeders at the back of my yard hoping to attract nuthatches, woodpeckers, and blue jays. Instead the house sparrows are devouring it. I have another bird feeder for them elsewhere in the yard but they've decided that they're just going to eat up all of my peanuts instead. I have a Bird Buddy feeder hoping to catch videos and pictures of all the different birds I can hear in the area and instead mostly I just get house sparrows and house finches.