Unusual Rose Bush Phenomenon
Jun 5, 2021 00:39:55 #
JeffL
Loc: New Jersey
We have three rose bushes in our garden, two red and one pink. Everything has been normal until this year. If somebody has an explanation why red roses would grow on a pink bush, I would love to hear it.
Standard red rose bush, really flowering.
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Pink rose bush...with anomalies.
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Red roses on a pink bush...how?
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Jun 5, 2021 05:10:08 #
You should check and see if the red stems are sprouting from the pink trunk or if they are a volunteer growing up inside the rose bush.
Jun 5, 2021 07:59:59 #
From my days growing roses that is called a sport. Genetics signaled the bush to put out a red rose. If the pink and red are the same variety I would not be surprised at all.
Jun 5, 2021 08:03:06 #
JeffL
Loc: New Jersey
Burtzy wrote:
You should check and see if the red stems are sprouting from the pink trunk or if they are a volunteer growing up inside the rose bush.
I’ll check that out, gingerly.
Jun 5, 2021 08:03:34 #
JeffL
Loc: New Jersey
Dave327 wrote:
From my days growing roses that is called a sport. Genetics signaled the bush to put out a red rose. If the pink and red are the same variety I would not be surprised at all.
I didn’t know that!
Jun 5, 2021 08:16:40 #
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