A rose that reverts back

to it's original root stock. are they any good after that? Shall I get rid of the growth, or get rid of the whole rose? Thanks

And why do they do that?

Just remove all the reversion. It will do that because the root stock was never properly stripped of buds before grafting.

I've had that trouble too, and in the end, had to chop it out. I've always shopped on the cheap for plants ( Warehouse, Bunnings etc ) and very seldom had trouble. To get the rose I wanted I had to go to a nursery on Marshland Rd and pay through the nose. Same nursery I bought a kumquat tree, which has never fruited, or even flowered, after 6-7 yrs. I mentioned this to the nursery owner when I bought a weeping cherry there again 2 years ago. He just said " well yes, sometimes they don;t fruit") ! And now, the damned weeping cherry has sprouted UPWARDS ( at a great rate of knots ) on one side - obviously the rootstock has taken over again. Grrrrrrrr - TWH will do me from now on.

I had a desired one, it had vicious big thorns and no scent. Hated it, famous variety so they said.
It grew suckers so I let them, in the end I had an original old fashioned rose, the small open type flowers, pink with a gorgeous scent, and even better, no thorns!

Massive improvement in my opinion.

Ok ta, will do. I just hope there is something left under all the regrowth!

The root stock is just a more prolific grower than the budded stock. Keep cutting off the root stock or breaking it right where it grows. As the budded plant gets bigger hopefully it will become the dominant plant.