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Rose suckers
John & Ruth
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We removed a rose tree last year and are now overrun with suckers which are growing up in the middle of other plants. How can we get rid of them?
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You could try the weedkiller on a glove trick, wipe it up the leaves. You'd need to be careful not to drip it on the plants you want
In the sticks near Peterborough
Anyone confirm for me if these are suckers on new-ish rose had in pot for 1 year and have planted this Spring. There are none coming from the base of the plant - just three on the strongest stem and they look exactly like the new growth at the top of the rose which last year produced the single bloom.
Picture in pot was 2015. The poor photo of the stem was tonight as it was getting dark unfortunately but maybe good enough to identify if suckers or just new normal growth?
If they are suckers so far up the stem - and there are no signs of any other new growth other than one fresh bud leaf at the top of the rose - I'm wondering if this rose isn't really going to grow new stems at all. There's no sign of any other growth. There only ever were two main stems. Probably shouldn't have bought it in the first place with only two visible stems?
Not suckers. Normal new growth, if a little damaged poss by aphids. Not a problem tho.
Has it had any rose fertiliser this year? If not I'd give it half a dose. It's still a baby getting it's roots established.
Prune it hard back to about 9" from the ground, pruning to an outward facing bud. It'll soon build up a good framework of stems.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
That looks like normal growth, Yarrow. I think the reason it has only one stem is that it's been confined in a small pot. Do I gather it's now in the ground? It may take a while to gather its strength to throw up new shoots, if so. If you prune it fairly hard before growth starts next spring, and keep it fed and watered, I'd expect it to grow more shoots next year from lower down the bush.
Snap, Dove.
Snap Liri
But I meant to say the pruning should be done late Feb.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Yarrow2 you have a perfectly healthy rose, with no suckers. It's normal to have new shoots from the main stems, in your case from one stem the other stem obviously died back which can happen.
Suckers can grow from the rootstock (as in from the base of main stems) and stems are thornier with leaves of a lighter shade with 7 smaller ovate leaves (5 leaves on a normal plant) The suckers can/usually appear when rose bush is well established e.g 10 years or more.
When planting your rose into the ground, include well rooted cattle/horse manure to give it a head start and water well.
Good luck