OK. This means that most probably these are well established bushes of locally grafted roses. That is good because local nurserymen in Pakistan use Rosa centifolia as a root stock which is a very hardy and vigourous rose that performs very well in Pakistani climate. Most of the imported grafted roses, specially those imported from USA, use Dr Hue as the root stock. As per my discussions with friends in USA, Dr Hue does not perform that well in very hot weather. It will be a good buy if you can lay hands of some of these old bushes.muhammad umer wrote:well its not a standard term, nursery men use this word for the established rose which is not own root mostly, this plant is used as a source of buds for grafting onto root stock , and selling the the product in rose season. I guess they must have own roots too, but i mostly saw grafted ones which were well established being referred to as mother plants.KBW wrote:Umer bhai! What exactly do you mean by a mother plant. Do you mean original own route / grafted rose that was imported or you are just talking about a 3-4 yes old bush which is now very well established?
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In Pattoki, they graft roses mostly in July, so they should be 5-6 months old plants when they arrive in Karachi. Please keep removing the buds first year and you will have a much healthier bush second year.Mustansir Billah wrote:What is the age of roses which are brought to Karachi from Pattoki in December or January.
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