hi all,

in my garden there s a lucky lady rose tree,well a few days ago i noticed that there was something about8 to 10 inches next to it growing ,it seemed to have the same leaves and i tought that tere was a root from the lucky lady and another one growing right next to it.well today it grew even more and i think that s it,can it be,please tell me.

i hope this french canuck xplained it inteligibely.

thankx.

Hi francine

if the little shoot growing next to the main plant is slightly paler in color than the mother plant you really want to cut it out below ground level, it's a 'sucker'.
A weeker version of the plant that will weaken the mother plant.

Hope this helps

hi,

thanks for the advice ,i apreciate but i really looked closely and it s exactly the same color,what do you think,

thank you.

Hi Francine, how are you? Haven't seen ya on the PM lately. I've always heard to cut the suckers, but I know a LOT of people who use them to root plants in other areas or to make the original plant fuller. I guess if the original plant is healthy that suckers don't hurt that much.