Gonna order Duchesse de Montebello does it matter that much own root or grafted? I hear it's not a bad sucker like most gallica.
All my gallicas are own-root. I just shovel prune stolons as necessary. Others in your area can confirm or deny, but you might wish to choose own-root simply for cold hardiness and durability. Gallicas on their own roots are pretty indestructible.
Carol
I'm pro-own root as well, though I may be revising that judgement now that some of my roses are beginning to sucker out strongly. My biggest worry is that vigorous roses will overwhelm weaker roses close to them. And of course you'd find suckers coming up through other plants. I don't mind this since my garden is pretty wild and woolly anyway, but it's something to bear in mind.One of the advantages of a suckering rose is that if disaster strikes one part of it, another part may survive. I had a fine thriving grafted 'Mécène' that just keeled over in a space of a few weeks: evidently some kind of lightning disease got the plant, and since it was all on rootstock, the entire plant died. All except one lonely sucker. This was a couple of years ago and the forlorn sucker is still sitting there while I wait to see whether it will turn into a new 'Mécène'. Still waiting. But at least it's alive.Melissa
Some discussion mentioned in the link below.
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~Christopher
Here is a link that might be useful: Spread of Gallicas and Hybrid Chinas
I grow this one own-root and suckering isn't bad compared to many other gallicas.
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