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| I have several rose trees that have branches with 7 leaves and lots of blooms. But they are not coming below the bud union. The stems are light green. I have the same problems with my shrub roses. They suddenly have a very long stem loaded with losts of blooms; but none on the rest of the bush. Are these suckers? Is it true that suckers ALWAYS have 7 leaves. If so, then I would just remove all stems with 7 leaves. |
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- Posted by jacqueline3 9CA (My Page) on Mon, Sep 3, 12 at 16:01
| No, conie it is NOT true that all 7 leafed roses are suckers! Suckers normally come from below the ground, it is interesting that you have growth above the bud union on your tree roses - normally, I would say those were not suckers, but I am not an expert. Perhaps if you give more info someone here will be able to help you: 1) Do you know the name of the tree rose you bought? If you could post pictures of any of this, that would help a lot. Jackie |
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| The blooms are all red. The rose trees and the shrub roses are Red Carpet rose. |
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| I thought that there should always be 5 leaflets on leafs; but I have been searching internet and I am now told that there can be 7 leaflets. So perhaps they are not suckers after all. Which is true. Can a good branch have leafs with 7 leaflets? |
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| Yes, a "good branch" can most-definitely have 7-leaflet leaves. I'm sorry, but I cannot tell you what Red Carpet roses have. If no one here is familiar with it, perhaps you can find one growing in a pot at a nursery, and check the foliage. Jeri |
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