!! GARDENING HELP PLEASE !! i have a standard rose and i was wondering is it dead if.....?

i have a standard rose and i was wondering is it dead if it has no shoots from the top but offshoots at the bottem? PLEASE HELP thanx

!! GARDENING HELP PLEASE !! i have a standard rose and i was wondering is it dead if.....?
It's fairly common for roses to put new "canes" out from the bottom - and the manner in which it does so depends on the type of rose it is; tea, hybrid, bush, climbing, etc. These sites may help you identify the type of rose you have, and subsequently the type of care required:


http://www.backyardgardener.com/rose/ros...


http://rosefile.com/RosePages/rcare.htm
Reply:It sounds as if the top may have died and you are getting suckers from the root stock. It is more than likely a grafted variety, it could be fun to see what you end up with.
Reply:Cut anything off that looks dead, or cut to down to where the off shoots are and just see what happens. If may take another growing season.
Reply:Just take some gardening siccors and cut off anything that is brown.Don't worry about the bottom,it's probably just growing flowers lower.
Reply:if your standard rose is grafted then it is most probably sucker shoots from the graft. i do not recommend cutting off the top because it will not grow back is you are already not getting any growth from the top.





seeing as standard roses can be quite expensive (if they are already advanced) i would take it out of the ground or pot and take it back to the garden centre you bought it from and see if they can suggest why it appears dead (but only pull it out if you are absolutly sure that it is dead).





are there any green leaves at the top of the plant or have they all withered and fallen off? roses are a seasonal plant so you could be going through a dormant stage but the graft may not be and that could be what is resulting in the shoots off the graft.





i hope i have helped.


good luck
Reply:wait a year