So @Marlorena is that what we're talking about when we refer to rose suckers? Growth coming from below the graft (ie from the rootstock)?
I plant roses with the graft about 2" below the soil surface (I don't have any standard roses) so I guess if I'm not sure whether a new stem is a sucker or not, a quick (but careful!) check to see where the growth is coming from is in order?
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@Topbird ...yes that's right, if it's a grafted rose and it's coming from below the graft, sometimes it's hard to tell... Standard/Tree roses usually are double grafted, one at the top and one at the bottom, so theoretically, you could get suckers from below ground and along the interstem trunk, but we don't see so much of that these days..
I usually plant roses with the graft below soil level as you do, so basal growth from below ground can look like suckering when it's actually the same rose.. this is where you have to look closely..
... an exception, is when you have a rose growing on its 'own roots', and not grafted, that is inclined to sucker itself as some do.. these types of roses will spread to form a thicket, but it's all the same rose that's suckering... Rosa rugosa is famous for doing that as they are usually sold own root and not grafted..
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I plant roses with the graft about 2" below the soil surface (I don't have any standard roses) so I guess if I'm not sure whether a new stem is a sucker or not, a quick (but careful!) check to see where the growth is coming from is in order?
...yes that's right, if it's a grafted rose and it's coming from below the graft, sometimes it's hard to tell... Standard/Tree roses usually are double grafted, one at the top and one at the bottom, so theoretically, you could get suckers from below ground and along the interstem trunk, but we don't see so much of that these days..
I usually plant roses with the graft below soil level as you do, so basal growth from below ground can look like suckering when it's actually the same rose.. this is where you have to look closely..
... an exception, is when you have a rose growing on its 'own roots', and not grafted, that is inclined to sucker itself as some do.. these types of roses will spread to form a thicket, but it's all the same rose that's suckering... Rosa rugosa is famous for doing that as they are usually sold own root and not grafted..