Rose rosette disease?

General
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Hello,

Recently I bought a Rose de Rescht plant with and it grew normally in the first month or so, but in the last week or so it has been sending out these very thorny and red shoots with thin leaves. Normally new leaves from Rose de Rescht tend to be rust colored with a shade of green and oval shaped, but portions of the plant are growing very red shoots. I was wondering if this could be RRD.

Here’s what the concerning shoots look like:

Rose de rescht 2
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For reference, this is what I consider to be normal new growth, greener and a lot less thorny:

Healthy Rose de rescht
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It could be, however, cut the entire cane to the base/ ground level. Spray with Bifenthrin. If some new growth from the base of your grows out distorted then you will know.

Do you have a local extension service plant disease clinic that you could get it diagnosed?