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Trying to learn about Roses - Suckers maybe!?

doushkajsdoushkajs Posts: 55
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Hi Again folks, i have attached a photo for my next question. You will see from the photo that there are a number of red branches on this rose, my others do not have these and are all at the same stage of growth. I am thinking that these should have been removed and are somehow stopping buds from forming. All my other roses have now got buds so i am wondering

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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906

    Young Rose growth is often that colour so I would wait a little while.

    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • doushkajsdoushkajs Posts: 55

    Thanks Ladybird4 i'll do just that. Have a good evening.

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    suckers come from below the graft, often below soil level. Anything else is a bit of your rose



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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,146

    Roses that have deep red blooms often have red colouration in their young growth. 


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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906

    You are most welcome doushkajs. You have a good evening too.

    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • doushkajsdoushkajs Posts: 55

    Great answers, thanks everyone.image

    Now i know about suckers and am now aware that some roses with different color blooms could show different color growth when young.

    Nature truly is wonderful.

    Thanks to all.imageimage

  • Quercusrobur81Quercusrobur81 Posts: 231

    Hi, hope this doesn't come across as crashing your thread as it is slightly off-topic, but my mum told me that any branches growing off the main stem with seven leaves were suckers as true rose branches have five leaves. She said it was something to do with the 'rose' and the 'brier'. So I have been pruning away anything with seven leaves from my climbing rose assuming they are suckers, however - everywhere I read, suckers apparently only come from below the graft, at root level. So can suckers come from the main stem, above root level, or not? Any thoughts?

  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906

    No suckers can come from above the graft elspeth.

    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,146

    Oh dear ... that old saw about  true roses having five leaves and suckers having seven came from when most people  only grew Hybrid Tea and Floribunda roses.

    Now that people grow lots of different types of roses, and many modern roses have all sorts of varieties in their heritage, it's not true.

    Many lovely rose varieties have more than five leaflets per leaf.  Don't prune them off!!! image


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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,146

    Further to my post above, this FAQ page on the David Austin Website explains about suckers and leaflets

    http://www.davidaustinroses.co.uk/help-and-faq 

    Scroll down to the last question ... 

    Last edited: 21 May 2017 20:17:28


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