Self-seeded double rose

GrahamRounce

12 years ago

Hi - I know nothing about roses, but this

http://www.grahamrounce.co.uk/Pics/DoubleRose/DoubleRose01.jpg

http://www.grahamrounce.co.uk/Pics/DoubleRose/DoubleRose03a.jpg

appeared by itself in my garden. Is it a known variety of double rose? Is it at all rare?

Thanks!

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mike_rivers
12 years ago
It's called "proliferation" or, sometimes, "vegetative centers". Clair Martin, of California's Huntington Garden, gives a description in the link below.

Here is a link that might be useful: Proliferation
GrahamRounce
Original Author
12 years ago
Hi - Thanks for the response, but from that link, and other searching for 'proliferation', that seems to be when a flower grows from the heart of another one.
In mine, they are separate side-by-side flowers.
Is that still called proliferation?

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jerijen
12 years ago
EYE would still call it proliferation.
But it is possible that some plants might be more inclined to do it, in which case I'd consider that a mutation, or "sport."

I used to go to a wonderful little fruit market.
In the spring, they often had big, dark, sweet Bing cherries that were all "twins," in just that manner. Those cherries were a little cheaper, because they were "strange," and people didn't buy them. I was thrilled, because I could afford them!

Jeri
hoovb zone 9 sunset 23
12 years ago
Do all the flowers on the plant do that? Quite interesting.
seil zone 6b MI
12 years ago
I've had this happen. It's like it was supposed to be a spray but the stems never grew so the two buds end up squished together side by side. It's probably just a fluke occurrence. Maybe due to some weather anomaly right at the time they were forming. I've also had the second stem growing right out of the hip from the first bloom too. That looks really freaky!
GrahamRounce
Original Author
12 years ago
"Do all the flowers on the plant do that? Quite interesting"

Well, there's just the one flower this year. We only discovered it after clearing away a lot of weeds, mostly ivy & periwinkle. It's not much more than a foot high. Now I'd like to encourage it - yes, it would be interesting to see if any more flowers do the same.
I suppose it should survive the rest of the summer and the winter without the weed blanket, or is there something I should do to help it? (I've got some anti-rust stuff I spray on every couple of weeks.)

Thanks again,
hoovb zone 9 sunset 23
12 years ago
"Well, there's just the one flower this year."

The double bud is probably just a fluke, then.

Water, a little fertilizer, as much sunshine as you can give it. Keeping the weeds away is an excellent idea.

It's not old rootstock emerging?
jaxondel
12 years ago
No doubt Hoovb is correct, its probably just a fluke -- an aberration produced by a rose that's been struggling to survive.

Otherwise, think of it as a rare event. Floral Siamese twins, maybe . . .
GrahamRounce
Original Author
12 years ago
Ok, thanks all. I'll be back next spring to tell you how it got on!

("It's not old rootstock emerging?" I don't know. We've been here about 5 years. The small fenced garden was a cross between a building site and a dump. I did the minimum - made some borders, grassed the rest. I let the weeds intrude a bit far, then this spring yanked them out, and there it was...)

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