All the rooted cuttings that Garden Roses LLC has shown on social media look decent to me. I do see some yellowing around the base on at least one of the pics, I’ve rooted many roses myself and think that’s normal. Now I just wish they will send me my order of decent rooted cuttings.

During propagation, I've noticed yellowing on the upper stem occasionally, but the image shows something different – concentrated yellowing around the root section. Since this rose has only one stem and the yellowing is severe, I wonder if it can survive.

The post mentions they go through a thorough inspection process for plant health. Yet, it seems they overlooked the apparent yellowing stem and shut off discussion regarding this. I am curious: is the plant 1) completely healthy, and I'm overly worried, 2) facing a mild situation from which it can recover, or 3) in a potentially fatal condition? I think it is 3), but I want to hear others' opinions on this.

While it's not a color I like to see on rooted cuttings *above* the soil line, I'm less concerned when it's below the soil line - especially given that the roots in the photo look absolutely healthy... enviably so! If only my cuttings this season had made such roots!

By the way, if you haven't reviewed their guarantee, that might also set your mind to rest. It's a 1 year guarantee with the options of a replacement, credit or refund. Who could ask for more?

Is this the photo in question? If so, the yellowing is merely where the stem has been covered by soil. Notice that the first bundle of roots is just below that *small* yellow band. If the soil had been any lower on the stem than that yellow band, the roots would have been exposed. This is a very healthy, quite robust cutting. Again, the yellow coloration is just where the green stem has faded by being covered by soil. It is no longer producing chlorophyll, since it is deprived of light.

EDIT: ALL cuttings exhibit this yellowing/fading below the soil line. You just don't normally see it because none of us purposely bareroot our cuttings like this!

Photo from GardenRoses LLC Facebook

@fig_insanity Z7b E TN, thanks for sharing the picture. I also see a lot of my rooted plants like this and I always keep them. For me lucky enough to have a cutting rooted 😂

Thank you all for clarifying!

Green Leaves,thank you and the other social media users who were bright enough to ASK. Garden Roses LLC did themselves a great disservice by eliminating the question and avoiding discussion-it does indeed give the impression that they have something to hide. Even worse, they blocked you from their account. Not good-it's never a good sign when people refuse to hear questions and concerns and address them directly and honestly.

So that’s what he/she/they meant by ”Yellow Stem around Roots”.

I couldn’t figure it out, and if I was the rose seller (who didn’t understand the query), I too would have blocked the poster (upon the re-posting of a seemingly nonsensical post about a stem encircling the roots).

Credit to fig for figuring out what was being asked.

And now, looking at the seller’s facebook page for the first time: I can’t imagine the owner would have taken the actions described if he had understood what was being asked. In his line of work, he can’t reasonably be expected to bring to the table special skills possessed by, say, a psychiatric social worker.

honestly read my post, its one big giant ponzi scheme.