When you see the buds on this "new" thing they are likely to be single
form blooms of a red color. That is if the "sprout" you talk about came
out below the Bud Union (the bump where the rose grows away from the
roots. If it is what I described you have a sucker growing from your
root stock. Dig out below the bud union and pull down on the sucker to
remove it. That removes the growing portion of the sucker that has
sprung from the roses roots.

If you don't live in Florida you probably have Dr. Huey as your root
stock and Mr. Lincoln as the desired rose. Some areas of the deep south
use a different root stock due to the nematodes. I don't remember the
color of that root stock bloom.


Maggie's Mom wrote:
Hello. I am not regular here, and I am also quite inexperienced when it
comes to roses. Can someone explain the following?

Two years ago I planted a rose - Mr. Lincoln. It grew normally, had
beautiful flowers, and towards the Fall it sprouted a strange looking twig
with small leaves on it. I left it alone, curious about what was
transpiring.

This Spring, the strange looking twig is covered with buds that are about to
bloom. It looks like a climbing rose.....
The rest of the rosebush is also full of buds.

Can anybody explain what happened to Mr. Lincoln? Why half of the rosebush
is climbing rose, and the other half remained just a rosebush? What exactly
IS going on?

I am glad that it grows by the fence. If it decides to be all climbing rose,
it will have something to cling to. Nevertheless, it is weird...