Re: Rootstocks for roses
- To: propagation@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Rootstocks for roses
- From: "* J* R* <l*@hevanet.com>
- Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 15:38:43 -0700
If the shoots are the rootstock, the two most common stocks are Rosa
multiflora (yes THAT species that has become such a weed in the eastern
U.S.) which will be obvious by the pinnately compound leaves, or an old
shrub type, "Dr. Huey", which is a once-blooming double, dark red rose.
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>From: bhayes@catskill.net (Isabelle Hayes)
>To: propagation@mallorn.com
>Subject: Re: Rootstocks for roses
>Date: Thu, Jun 3, 1999, 10:56 AM
>
>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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