If roses are cut under graft will it ever bloom flowers again
So last week I listened to someone who said to cut my roses right down. I transplanted the rose in February as it was in a bad place, before I transplanted it I cut all the stems off and it was basically bare. When I moved it, it started growing new shoots and it was doing well until recently when I noticed the leaves on it were drying out and wilting. I cut all the leaves off it and it looked like this
. The person told me I should of cut it right down as the new stems and shoots were stressing the rose out. I cut it right back and now I've been told I shouldn't of done that as it won't look the same as how it was, and it will grow weird. Also I've been told too that because I cut it below the graft that the rose will not bloom again. The rose now looks like this.
Will it ever be the same or will it just grow weirdly now? I can see tiny, little red shoots coming out from that main stem, and I've been watering nearly every day. If anyone has any advice it will be really helpful, thanks.
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fduk_gw UK zone 3 (US zone 8)
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoRelated Discussions
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keithog
8 years agoThanks Kate for the info. Well I just checked to see if the graft was actually at the bottom. I'm not sure if this is it
Sorry if the pic is side ways, using my phone. What I'll do for now is leave it alone and see what happens. If it doesn't grow properly, I'll yank it up and buy another one. - PRO
keithog
8 years agoFduk_gw I'm just not sure where the graft is, I really don't know much about roses. I was only told about the graft when I cut it down
I think that could be it, but I'm really not sure. I checked tree roses and it never looked like that so it's not a tree rose, I think it was a climber rose. Hope that's more of a clear pic. Thanks for the info. - PRO
keithog
8 years agoMad_gallica yeah I'm just not sure I took a closer pic
I'm not sure if that's the graft though.
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keithog
8 years agoJackie, I'm not sure if this is the graft
But I was told tree roses have the graft at the top and this rose was definitely not a tree rose at least I don't think so. It never looked like the tree rose I searched online. I have not touched it since, just watering everyday. I'm just going to leave it be so it can try and recover. If it doesn't grow properly I'll just yank it all up and buy a new rose. Yes I stopped listening to that person lol.
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