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Is This A Rose Sucker?
NGLittleSeedlings
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Hello,
I am new to growing roses this year and I have a few growing in pots. I noticed some new growth this morning and was wondering whether this was a Rose Sucker? I know they grow from the base but I'm not too sure whether this is one or not.
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no,it's good strong new growth. Suckers tend to be pale green
The one on the left's definitely not a sucker - that's a new shoot on your rose bush.
Not 100% sure about the smaller ones although my instinct is that they're fine too - they look so similar to the other new growth.
When you planted the rose, did you bury the graft point or is that what I can see at soil level?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I don't know how much you know, so forgive me if I give info you already know, but roses are grafted onto a different rootstock. The union, where they meet should be planted about 5 cm / 2 " below ground . This stops the roots getting light and heat, which tends to cause suckers, and also encourages the " top growth" to form their own roots.
If you take cuttings of your roses , you never get suckers, but grafting is far quicker for commercial growers to produce plants.
I buried the graft point but I think the soil level has decreased in the past few months so I am going to add a fresh layer today. I only just noticed it after taking this photo lol
Thanks for your help, I think I was just confused as the new growth is a different colour and it's been a while since I saw new growth on the roses lol
snap Dove, again.
I've looked but can't say I see anything which I'd say was the union, Maybe your eyes are better.
Is your rose a deep red colour? I find that the new growth of red roses is often quite red itself
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
NG, Compost does oxidise over time so you will notice the soil level dropping in pots.
It was meant to be Red but it's actually a vibrant pink! lol I got my roses in a mixed lot from work and my boss wasn't sure they were the varieties as claimed anyway, so I guess I'l never know what variety they are
is it Wendy Cussons? Although there are so many , could be a million others.
It could be as that was one of the varieties he apparently got, this was part of a 'deep secret' bundle I think which it obviously isn't lol