RRD? Or stressed plant with new growth?

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This is my Chris Evert rose, planted in the spring. The plant is a bit stressed because I slowed down my fungicide regimen in October and the weather simply hasn’t cooled here in Ga (zone 8a).

I did recently get in and remove quite a bit of foliage to get rid of black spot. So the plant could just be responding to the slight pruning with new growth.

No overly-thorny areas or obvious witches-broom, but some of the leaves are misshapen. One looks like a straight-up maple leaf. Some newer buds are pretty elongated but the stems are still round and the thorns are the right shape.

Is this RRD? Help!

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Note that the residue on the leaves is from the recent round of fungicide (mix of propiconazole and mancozeb)

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You are looking at normal growth. Welcome to the ARS forum. I’m from the northwest corner
of South Carolina, in your region, I appreciate that you spray your roses to prevent black spot which is a problem where we live. I hope you are a member of a rose society near you, the ARS Consulting Rosarians can be very helpful.

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