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rose leaves
npk
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Hi All
Now I have a rosa Grace auskeppy which is very nice however it does seem to produce branches with 7 leaves on but not from the base as you would expect a sucker to produce in fact one branch which forms a Y shape one part of the Y has five leaves the other has 7 !!.
Now its not really a problem but would really like to know if anyone can explain or indeed has similar issues,
many thanks mike
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It's a myth that roses with 7 leaflets on are suckers!
Many ramblers and other types of roses naturally have 7 leaflets (sometimes more, sometimes less) - I once knew a widow who dug out her late husband's pride and joy (Rosa glauca) in the mistaken belief that it had 'gone wild'.
I didn't have the heart to explain ......
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Oh Dove!