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Last pic .. thanks for any advice you can offer .. I really appreciate it.

I haven't grown it, but Renae has the reputation of being a good rose that is less winter hardy than most climbers. If you are in eastern zone 7, this year's unusually hard winter would have damaged the canes. Black canes are probably dead, others may be injured internally. By now you should have vigorous new shoots coming off every healthy cane and setting flower buds. Instead I think I'm seeing a lot of blind growth--shoots that stopped growing without making a flower bud. Look for any small flower buds at the tips. You can mark blind shoots because the top leaf has matured. On a growing shoot, the top leaves are small, crinkled, and a different color, or there is a flower bud.

Blind shoots occur because they were injured by an untimely freeze, or because the underlying cane was injured back in the dead of winter. The plant just needs to be pruned back. Roses can recover from being pruned all the way down, as I had to do this spring. Prune to healthy white center pith.

Red spots are probably cercospora or spot anthracnose (fungal diseases, but not a big deal).

Sorry to be so long-winded!

Best,
Michael

Thank you so much, I didn't see your response until today.

I'm in the Pacific NW and we are in such a funny location we are either zone 7 or 8b, depending on the direction of the wind, LOL!

We had a mild winter but I still did as you suggested and pruned the branches back. I also found a fertilizer/fungal treatment and dose it with that.

Thanks again for your advice.