Rose query....

Sids Not

We have a rose bush that produces two different flowers...one red/yellow and one pink/white...its very pretty with all the different flowers..is this unusual..

moceri

Modern roses consist of a cultivated stock grafted onto a wild rose rootstock.It is most likely that the rootstock has thrown a sucker which has started to flower. At the base of the plant you may find a new growth appearing from below ground. Its leaves and flowers are always different from the main Plant. Modern Hybrid Tea roses whilst repeat flowering, lack vigour and are always grafted onto stronger Rootstock which will develop a more active root system to sustain a plant that flowers all summer long.
The root stock may develop new shoots which in time will overwhelm the grafted stock so it is important to trim them off as soon as they appear.
Can I Have Both? Yes. Trim back the Rootsock growth to 1 Foot long (and allow only 3 shoots max. to remain). End September cut off the 1 foot growth completely. Dip the lower end in rooting hormone and cover 9" in a pot of earth and store in a cool corner of the garden. Do not allow them to Dry out.
Next spring all being well these should sprout and you have a new complete rosebush of the root stock variety. You should now also check the Grafted bush and cut back any suckers hard to the base.

Old fashioned varieties can be propogated in the same manner.

Sids Not

Know what you're saying..we've had this bush for years now and every year it gets nicer..its cut back every year ...there are'nt any suckers that i can see...is it a case that the plant has just matured this way....