Is this Rose sick, or just very very strange??

Morning Chaps,

One of the little Patio Roses I bought earlier this year has 3 buds. I've never seen anything like it, and the Rose Expert book I have doesn't have anything like it either. Can someone please tell me whether :

a) It's diseased
b) It's a new variety or
c) If it IS a), shuld I burn it ??

It looks as if it has leaves growing out of the centre of each bud!

Image added below::



Many thanks

Springy

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Its gonna Destroy The world Springy, exterminate, exterminate,:eek:
Seriously I haven,t a clue, I would wait and see what happens, post a pic when its fully opened, id love to see what it looks like and Woo our Rose expert will explain all when he see's this im sure..:thumb:..Dee..

 

Thanks youngdaisydee, - tell you the truth I can't WAIT to see what they're like when they open! My 'sick rose' thought though, I think might be right. The leaves don't look too clever either...

 

I had one similar on Maiden's Blush and Alba, see my post "Strange Bud" last week.

Don't think it's serious, I cut mine off when I was dead heading.

 

Oo-er!

That's GM I expect

 

I think it´s a mutation that occurs sometimes. Rosa viridiflora has a flower entirely composed of small leaves. It is very strange, and it smells like ground black pepper (not kidding, I had one). This was a mutation detected and fixed in 1851, if I remember right. And sometimes you can even have a second rose growing from the centre of the first flower (Rosa gallica? prolifera). These mutations affect the look of the flowers (sometimes all the flowers, sometimes just a few), but are not dangerous in any way, to my knowledge. If all the flowers are like that and you don´t like it you get rid of the plant (free to good home?), no need to burn it. No witchcraft involved me thinks.

 

Rosa viridiflora:
http://www.taraland.de/viridiflora.jpg

 

Might be a side effect of Aphids having a nibble, perhaps?

 

Nah, if that was the case I'd have hundreds of them :rolleyes:

 

I saw this thread yesterday and was interested to find out just what you would say WOO as you are the rose expert.

 

for your help. The whole plant looks pretty straggly, I'm wondering whether I should prune ALL of it to maybe 10" ? I'll be a little more specific. There is healthy new leaves and growth about 10" from soil. These 3 buds are on LONG stalks that are about another 16" above that. Well,above the healthy growth. What do you think please?

No, I haven't sprayed with anything other than Epsom Salts which is what everything else hd, ane they're not misbehaving!!!

Springy
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WOO ... then penny dropped....

 

so just cut those 3 long stems NOW - and the rest in March then?

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