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Question about suckering rootstock

I have a plant of 'Maiden's Blush', grafted on Laxa, that's been in place for nearly twenty years. It has grown mightily and a good many years ago began suckering about. What I've recently noticed is that some of the growth, and suckers, are the rootstock: something I can only see during flowering season, as the growth of scion and rootstock look very much alike. So, my question is, will the rootstock threaten the scion? Normally I would consider it a problem, but this is a very vigorous large rose, and the suckering out is mostly of the scion, as is most of the growth in general (though I saw a cane of rootstock growing up out of the very middle of the rose). Is it anything I need to worry about? I do cut or pull rootstock suckers when I can, but some of them are mature canes, difficult to eliminate. My own thought is to leave the rootstock suckers where it would be a mighty pain to eliminate them, and let them join the party.

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