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Is this a basal shoot?

zugeniezugenie Posts: 833

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,569
    IMHO , it's not a sucker if that's what you're asking?
    Devon.
  • bcpathomebcpathome Posts: 1,253
    It looks like a new shoot to me too 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,125
    Yes ... perfectly good new growth.  Not a sucker  :)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • WAMSWAMS Posts: 1,835
    Ooh, I am getting City of York next year. Looks like a beauty.

    I think suckers tend to come from the roots, not the rootstock.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,569
    Ooh, I am getting City of York next year. Looks like a beauty.

    I think suckers tend to come from the roots, not the rootstock.
    the roots and rootstock are the same thing

    Devon.
  • zugeniezugenie Posts: 833
    Perfect, thank you all! I thought it was too high up to be a sucker but just wanted to double check! @WhereAreMySecateurs I’ve not done anything with it yet and it’s already given me several beautifully scented blooms and 2 new shoots! And I have found a spot I can plant it in the ground to grow across the front of the house, going to try and get it planted this week :)
  • WAMSWAMS Posts: 1,835
    OK. The roots below the graft union then.

    Fabulous, Zugenie... please don't forget to upload photos. I didn't actually realise it was scented... huge bonus.😍
  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 8,352
    Roots, and rootstock can be different, as in 'own root' roses, some of which can sucker from their own roots, just that it'll be the same plant popping up..
    East Anglia, England
  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,206
    Roots and rootstock aren't the same thing @Hostafan1   Roots are under the ground and the root stock is developed as a disease resistant stem or trunk to receive the desired plant and protect that plant or tree from disease such as phylloxera.  i.e. fruit trees, grapevines etc.
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • WAMSWAMS Posts: 1,835



    So many types of sucker, actually. I didn't realise, I thought they came off the roots. Since we are told to bury the graft, they'd come from below ground though I spose.
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