early yet, flowers probably still to come but what type of rose is this ? carpet type ? The other thing is it is possible for the rootstock to grow from underneath the graft but you should be able to see that and remove rootstock growth.
wine-o-clock,
Nov 11, 8:06pm
birthday present rose bought a couple years ago from mitre10. it sulked a bit in ground after I bought it and i thought it was dead. Then it grew like this-still no flowers
if i remove all the suckers i dont think anything will be left
samanya,
Nov 11, 9:43pm
I'd go along with that.
harrislucinda,
Nov 11, 9:43pm
has it been feed with rose mix or sheep pellets ?
wine-o-clock,
Nov 11, 9:45pm
no only rose fertiliser granules-y is that?
ceebee2,
Nov 11, 9:49pm
Give it a really good prune back, then cut any "shoots" back the develop and you should get the bud growth. Be quite ruthless with the pruning.
happychappy50,
Nov 11, 10:35pm
Looks like rootstock growth,cut back all growth below the original bud union to the root stock,sounds as tho your feeding programs is ok
lythande1,
Nov 11, 11:27pm
I have several roses. 2 climbers. 2 flowered then grew new shoots. One just grew new shoots and not a single bud, I thought OK, why? Not to worry, it's just now started to produce buds. masses. Behind the others then.
kindajojo,
Nov 12, 1:26am
Could be too much nitrogen fert, all leaf no produce.
wine-o-clock,
Nov 12, 1:41am
the original stump looks dead-it wont shoot away again will it? wonder if i should just bin it
piquant,
Nov 12, 2:04am
What you have photographed is totally multiflora rootstock. The grafts have obviously not taken - as you say, the original stump looks dead. Then it probably is, with only the rootstock surviving. Nothing for it but to start again with a new Birthday Present rose. You know it's a climber, don't you? It does have a tendency for whole stems to suddenly crap out for no apparent reason and it is not the most reliable and resistant of all roses - however, it can be forgiven these attributes for the magnificent scent it produces on those deliciously dark , if short stemmed, blooms. Just don't plant it in exactly the same place.
annies3,
Nov 12, 3:57am
You could graft a rose you like onto the rootstock if you prune all of the rootstock off at ground level save for one shoot which you can graft onto. google a lesson on grafting and have a go, its really rewarding.
rainrain1,
Nov 12, 5:58am
Yea, bin it. I hate roses that do that
punkinthefirst,
Nov 12, 6:13am
You can tell rootstock from the grafted part of the rose by the number of leaves, usually. Rootstock normally carries its leaves in groups of 5, and grafted roses in groups of 3. Try cutting it back to the strongest shoot, then grafting a bud onto it. Google will help. You have nothing to lose.
starseeker,
Nov 16, 8:36am
I had a "Birthday Present" rose & it never flowered in the 2 years I had it. Took it back to Bunnings & they didn't want to know, so I dumped it on the counter & told them to get rid of it - it was huge! Then I wrote letter to management & they gave me a voucher which I spent on something else
wine-o-clock,
Nov 16, 9:16pm
there are at least 12 shoots, lol
koru67,
Feb 13, 9:45pm
Haha, good on you.
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