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Will my patio roses come back?
Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 12:15 pm
by sgw1560
My patio roses seemed to have died but there is new growth at bottom of one of them is this normal and do I cut the old one away now?
Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 4:45 pm
by The Helpful Gardener
The rose growing from the bottom is probably the rootstock and not the rose you purchased (own root roses are rare, especially for patio trees; I do not know of a grower doing trees own-root). If you do not give a potted rose winter protection your chanced of having that rose in spring is almost nil...
HG
patio roses
Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 1:24 am
by sgw1560
What do you mean by root stock? I really don't know about that.
Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 9:42 am
by Grey
Most roses you purchase have been grafted. They use root stock from a sturdier rose bush (at least, sturdy in the root department, maybe more resistant to rot or nematodes or a host of other problems) and graft the desired rose on top - giving you a healthier plant.
I'd be curious to see what kind of blooms a root stock would put out.
Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 11:05 am
by The Helpful Gardener
I'm betting on a dusty red, as an old rose 'Dr. Huey' is the industry standard for root stock (and the one most reported by folks with that same problem...)
HG