Gardening

... Roses of Yesterday and Today in Brownsville, Ca. Here's his response ...

Sounds like it is the rootstock that the Chicago Peace was budded on to. The best way to deal with this problem and to keep it from recurring is to CAREFULLY clean the soil away until you find the point where it is growing from, then CAREFULLY cut the understock away leaving about one eighth of an inch.

CAREFULLY crush the tag comming from the mother plant. Water the plant and cover it with soil. It is not recommended to let the understock grow as it will take energy from the desired plant and threaten its survival. Also the under stock is a very vigorous and robust grower and not desirable.

Good Luck

Andy
Roses of Yesterday

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