Re: Rootstocks for roses

I don't have any advice for the writer of the letter, but wanted to tell of
a climbing rose I bought from a reputable mail order nursery, among about 6
other roses, last year;

all the roses except the climber survived the winter and started showing
life early this spring;

I called the nursery and they sent me another climber right away;

I was going to throw away the old plant, which looked completely dead, but
when I looked very closely at it, I saw there was just one little shoot
growing out of the stock beneath the crown(I hope I've got my terms right);

I put it in the ground, and now there is more growth coming out of the stock;

it isn't near ready to bloom and I'm expecting it to be something different
from the climber;

anybody have any guesses about this?

Isabelle Hayes

>I would like to propagate my late grandmother's roses from cuttings. They are 
>mostly hybrid teas like 'Peace', 'Chrysler Imperial', 'Mister Lincoln', and 
>'JFK'. I've heard that most hybrid teas are grafted. Could anyone recommend 
>the preferred rootstock varieties,where I might buy them retail, and how this 
>process is done? 
>
>Specific information regarding successful methods for hybrid tea rose 
>grafting, such as useful "hormones", graft types, cutting size, time of year, 
>etc. would be very helpful.
>
>This will have to be done outdoors, in Sunset zone 8 (USDA zone 9).
>
>Thank you. 
>Angela
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