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Gardening

Lindsay

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1. It may be from the root stock.

Reply to Tracer (Original post)

Wed Jun 12, 2019, 09:16 AM

Jun 2019

I don't know what variety it is that is most commonly used for grafting, but if a rose blooms from the root stock it's often dark red.

I don't think I ever saw that happen unless the plant had died back to the root, though.

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Odd occurrence. [View all] Tracer Jun 2019 OP

It may be from the root stock. Lindsay Jun 2019 #1

It's probably a "Pharmacist" or "Apothacary" rose, and is growing Pathwalker Jun 2019 #2