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Post by gulfcoastgirl on Jun 15, 2016 14:29:57 GMT
This rose is a floribunda - I put it in six years ago. It had light pink blooms on fairly long, for a floribunda, stems and it was a pretty vigorous plant. This year, there are more buds than ever, but are all dark red and bunched together on short stems. I googled this but didn`t get any info, so I`m taking this to the peas.  |
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Post by Zee on Jun 15, 2016 14:38:19 GMT
I'm not a rose expert by any means, but it sounds like your Lady Di is grafted onto the red root stock and now the red ones are taking over. I had that happen to a pair of roses I had after a particularly bad winter. The grafted-on peace rose died off and the root stock variety, a totally different rose, took over.
There was a thread about this a couple weeks ago.
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Post by librarylady on Jun 15, 2016 14:47:56 GMT
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Post by Darcy Collins on Jun 15, 2016 14:48:06 GMT
I agree with @z*g. I've had the graft fail and the original rootstock take over - usually after a hard winter.
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Post by anonrefugee on Jun 15, 2016 15:16:52 GMT
librarylady that was my thought too. We lost some beautiful rose bushes last year 
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oh yvonne
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Post by oh yvonne on Jun 15, 2016 15:23:20 GMT
I agree, it's the root stock base rose that is taking over, usually its a red Doc Huey or Fortuniana. Just cut back as much as you can of the root stock and hopefully that will help save your rose. That's why its always best to buy 'own root' roses that are non grafted when you can.  |
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Post by schizo319 on Jun 15, 2016 15:44:04 GMT
Yep, graft failure. Although, I had that happen with some Joseph's coat roses a couple years ago, and somehow the graft must've fixed itself, because they're yellow/pink again this year instead of deep red like they had been the year before. weird...
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Post by gulfcoastgirl on Jun 15, 2016 20:42:51 GMT
OMG! I knew I'd get some real help here. Thank you SO much for the info - I had been wondering if the 'evil twin' graft was taking over! Librarylady - thanks for your suggestion. AS far as pruning, should I prune now or wait til fall? I'm in SW Ontario, if that makes a difference. Many thanks ladies. |
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Post by MsKnit on Jun 15, 2016 21:33:44 GMT
I am so glad you asked this, gulfcoastgirl!
My Julia Child is as red as red can be. LOL! I asked my husband if he relocated one of the other rose bushes. Not that this would be normal, he just tears them out. *roll eyes*
Anyway, he told me that I was wrong about the color of that rose bush. Seriously, I knew that this particular bush was a Julia Child. Had the most beautiful, buttery yellow roses.
Now, I can let him know what the problem is. Ha!
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Post by jenn on Jun 15, 2016 22:47:29 GMT
I am so glad you asked this, gulfcoastgirl! My Julia Child is as red as red can be. LOL! I asked my husband if he relocated one of the other rose bushes. Not that this would be normal, he just tears them out. *roll eyes* Anyway, he told me that I was wrong about the color of that rose bush. Seriously, I knew that this particular bush was a Julia Child. Had the most beautiful, buttery yellow roses. Now, I can let him know what the problem is. Ha! This is one of my most favorite rose bushes...I hope yours is able to come back! |
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