My Gemini, which I purchased last fall year in a five-gallon pot, flourished without disease until Spring pruning. I had two nearby roses that were attacked by spider mites. All adjacent roses received the same general pruning, the same chemical treatments, and the same pressure water spray (to remove the spider mites that were surviving the chemicals). The heavily infested plants recovered, but the seemingly untouched Gemini died off. Pruning was light, but the dieback seemingly started with each pruned cane. I recently replaced Gemini. The rose I purchased, which was the only one left at the nursury, iis blooming but the areas that appear to have been pruned previously are mostly dead. My take, and perhaps others can weigh in, is that Gemini responds horribly even to mild pruning. Anyone else experienced this?

this rose looks beautiful but i was wondering why it's in zone 7 + i live in zone 5 and would love to own this hybrid