![]() In the image above from Treloar Roses, you can see the anatomy of a grafted rose bush. This results in a rose bush that has the look and hardiness you desire. To get around this, the top part of the bush (the stems, leaves and flowers) are grafted, or budded onto the rootstock of an extremely hardy species of rose. Often times the top part of a rose bush isn’t hardy enough to cope with our climate when grown on its own root system. What is a Grafted Rose Bush?Ī grafted rose bush contains two parts of two different species of rose. In order to fully understand what rose suckers are, why and how they grow, it’s best to understand what a grafted rose bush is. In nearly all cases, rose bushes that suffer from suckers are grafted, or ‘budded’. Make no mistake though, they will be attached below the surface. They often appear to grow from the soil, sometimes several feet away from the bush. You can easily identify them as they’re long and slender, they have thorns and leaves which are different from those of the main rose bush. They’re usually caused by frost damage or by nicking the plant with a spade or other gardening tool. Rose suckers are shoots that grow directly from the rootstock of a rose bush. Best way to water drift roses how to#So in this article, I’m going to explain what rose suckers are, why they grow and how to identify and remove them. However, simply cutting them off isn’t enough. If you see suckers on your roses, you must get rid of them. This weakens the main plant, sometimes to the point where it dies. They ‘suck’ the majority of nutrients away from the main rose bush. Rose suckers are a fairly common problem. ![]()
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