Cass wrote:
Radika Kesavan wrote:

Speaking of potent and fecund roses, for the first time in all
these years, I have got rose seedlings popping up in a couple of
different places; ....

I wish I had seedlings, but where I've had budded roses and moved
them, I think I'm getting root divisions of the rootstock.

Oh, aye, that has happened to me too, in three places specifically. That
is why I am careful to jump to the conclusion that only the "new" roses
that come up in rose-virgin territory are seedlings.

If the darned things would just flower, already. This happens so
often that I'm surprised I don't hear about it from others.

I thought it was my unique problem too! And, also, ever since the Rose
Rosette disease talk came up to be talked about, I am hacking at these
root divisions of rootstock with vigour, where I can reach them (one of
them is in the middle of a minor sea of St. John's Wort, so it is hard
to tackle). I am not sure if any of my roses have multiflora as
understock, but who needs long lanky canes that bloom not and might be a
source of other headaches?

Or am I the only one to redecorate their roses? I've been encouraged
by the results of the moves, and I moved some honkers.

Same here, same here ... Yellow Lady banks and Reine des Violettes were
the biggest roses I ever moved, but there have been others, too many
others .... sigh ...

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Radika
California
USDA 9 / Sunset 15