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'Basals' on a band?

17 years ago

This has been, by far, my most vigorous band! It is also extremely healthy and clean-even the rose slugs didn't bother it too much. I think this is a very underrated rose! It was an itty-bitty thing when I planted it, straight into the ground, just last year. It flushed two weeks ago, and since then has doubled its amount of foliage. It is getting very shrubby very fast...but it still has just one "main cane." (Although it is a very sturdy, thick cane, to be sure.)

But she leans a little. I was edgeing the bed this afternoon and noticed that she has some little sprouts coming off the main cane at the bottom. Do these qualify as "basals" on an own-root? I added some dirt around the stem to just below these little shoots. I am concerned about her being top-heavy.

Advice? Reassurance? Shared experience? Thanks!

First some pics during it's first bloom time this year:

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And today, along with a view of her undercarriage:

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Sorry for all the questions...just when I am starting to feel comfortable in my rose knowledge I am back in kindergarten again!

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