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Alkaline clay StrawChicago zone 5
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Picture of fortuniana rootstock from weeksroses.com. Comparing Dr. Huey-rootstock, Multiflora-rootstock, and Fortuniana-rootstock from link entitled "An overview of fortuniana". "Here in the Desert Southwest, with our generally alkaline soils and extreme temperatures, we find that r. multiflora has a shorter life span, losing its vigor after five years. While fortuniana bushes had superior root systems, they had difficulty with the harsh & cold English climate.
... fortuniana plants produced about THREE TIMES the number of blooms as those on multiflora and TWICE as many as on Dr. Huey."
Uploaded 31 AUG 17 |
This is a shriveled & dried-out Knock-out that lost Dr.Huey-rootstock completely and grew its own-root ABOVE the grafted junction. It was planted very deep, 5" below ground in a poor-drainage soaking wet clay that rotted Dr.Huey, but the own-root above survived.
Uploaded 29 AUG 17 |
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This to show Pink Peace grafted on Dr. Huey, but there's own-roots growing ABOVE the grafted joint, to give me a second Pink Peace as own-root (on the left of picture), this gives stronger scented blooms & healthier leaves. Picture taken on 12/26/17. Note that Dr. Huey forms a "duplex-system": upper roots ABOVE the grafted-junction are own-roots true to the branches above. A second lowest root-system belongs to Dr.Huey. Suckering simply gives another Dr. Huey, but sprouting another own-root from ABOVE the grafted junction means I get a second plant true to what's above the grafted joint.
Uploaded 29 AUG 17 |
Picture taken late fall 2016 when I dug up a dead Dr.Huey-root-stock (chunky-woody). Dr. Huey declined in flooded & poor drainage clay. The left is own-root (Heirloom rose) that sprouted from ABOVE THE GRAFTED-JUNTION apart from Dr.Huey-rootstock.
Uploaded 29 AUG 17 |
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Pic. taken late fall 2016. The left is Comte de Chambord grafted on multiflora, showing shrinkage as 5th-year-grafted. The right is root of snapdragon-annual-flower. Comte as grafted on multiflora has root 1/10 the size of my 2 Comte as OWN-ROOTS, which explain why OWN-ROOTS are so healthy and bloom way more.
Uploaded 29 AUG 17 |
Picture taken 12/26/16 when I dug up OWN-ROOT Big Purple to fix drainage. As a 5th-year OWN-ROOT it became chunky & woody with many fibrous roots that hold tight to soil. Very healthy rose thanks to a large network of hairy roots for best water-uptake.
Uploaded 29 AUG 17 |
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Picture taken late fall 2016 of a 2nd-year rose grafted on Dr.Huey. I killed it due to blackspot. Note the decline of Dr. Huey-rootstock in wet clay, compared to my foot.
Uploaded 29 AUG 17 |
This is 1/4 of the steel-cable & suckering roots of Centifolia Le Nia Rias (very drought tolerant & always healthy). Took me 2 hours last year to dig 1 foot deep to get all suckers. Still have 2 suckers on my lawn to kill.
Uploaded 29 AUG 17 |
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