Flowers

this rose had a beautiful deep red rose the first year, nothing last year and these flowers which look like hedgerow roses this year. what’s wrong?

It’s reverted.
Cultivated roses are usually grafted onto a briar root stock. You have to be careful not to let it grow from the base or the briar will take over.
Have a good look at it and see if there’s anything left of the cultivated rose – it will have bigger leaves. If there is, cut off everything else right back to the main stem – or if it’s growing out of the ground, back to the main root. If there isn’t, dig it up and use it for hedging.

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1. old know all Says:
   March 10th, 2010 at 11:27 am

   It’s reverted.
   Cultivated roses are usually grafted onto a briar root stock. You have to be careful not to let it grow from the base or the briar will take over.
   Have a good look at it and see if there’s anything left of the cultivated rose – it will have bigger leaves. If there is, cut off everything else right back to the main stem – or if it’s growing out of the ground, back to the main root. If there isn’t, dig it up and use it for hedging.
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