Quetion about planting grafted gallicas?

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Posted by bman1920 5b (My Page) on

Sat, Feb 22, 14 at 9:36

I live in zone 5 Michigan so I get cold winters. I'm told to plant grafts below ground to protect them. But I wanna grow a bed of gallicas and I don't wanna bunch of suckers everywhere. So can I keep the graft above ground so they won't sucker and just mulch the multiflora graft in winter for protection? Any ideas or will this work? Thanx for any help

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Posted by seil z6b MI (My Page) on
Sat, Feb 22, 14 at 12:02

I'm in a little bit warmer part of Michigan but most all my roses are planted right at soil level and not below. Mom never planted below ground or protected anything and I'm still growing some of hers. And most of those were HTs which are a lot more tender than gallicas. I think you should be fine.

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Posted by AquaEyes 7 New Brunswick, NJ (My Page) on
Sat, Feb 22, 14 at 12:06

I'm not in your situation (different zone, and no grafted roses in this garden), but if I was, I'd probably do what you suggested -- bud union above ground, and throw a few inches of mulch or shredded Autumn leaves around it for Winter protection, then rake that away when frosts are gone for Spring. That way you'll be able to spot and remove any "illegal rooting" going on above the bud union.

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