In The Garden: Am I a Raspberry or Rose sucker

Help! I inherited these brambly suckers or raspberries with our property. It would be an odd place for anyone to plant raspberries because there are roses, azaleas and other beautiful perennials. It's July in Alberta and there is no fruit on these branches, just little white blossoms. We are unsure what exactly they are. If they are raspberries we'll move them to the back yard. If they are rose suckers we'll dig them up and clean it all up. I am attaching pictures. Please note that the first picture is of the actual rose they are growing beside Thank you in advance for any help!

Jami

 

Yes, the plant on the picture 1 looks like Rosa Rugosa, the plant on pictures 2 and 3 looks like some kind of bramble.

 

Yes, you are right, it is a Rosa Rugosa in Pic 1. Do rose suckers have little white blossoms in spring though?

 

Ditto to Rosa rugosa in pic 1, Raspberries in the others.

 

They are not forming raspberries though. Perhaps I just need to wait a month or so to find out if they are fruit bearing.

 

They look like they are forming raspberries to me. Keep them watered.

 

Will do, thanks for the help!

 

Rose suckers blooms look exactly like blooms on the parent plant.

 

Thank you! Since these were tiny white blossoms then they are probably raspberries. I'm going to watch for fruit to form now.

 

Well, except if the specimen was propagated through grafting and the rootstock is different, but that's not the case here - the tiny white flowers belonged to the raspberry.

 

Thanks. I went out tonight and there are weird formations. You know how raspberries are made of a bunch of little ball like pouches of fruit. Well, there are one or two of the those little balls forming on each one. Like it tried to bear fruit and didn't quite make it.

 

It could be that you have a seedling raspberry or a variety that is not suitable for Edmonton's climate, and the flower buds suffered from cold damage this spring.

 

That could be. Generally our nurseries don't sell anything that isn't hardy but I'm thinking if the person got it from a big box store or something you never know. Thanks for the input!

 

I agree I should be more specific. I had in mind Rosa Rugosa here which I believe is never propagated by grafting, unless someone wanted to create a not suckering Rosa Rugosa?

Are any Roses grafted on the suckering rootstock?

 

Geez, I'll have to go check. I know that raspberries and roses are the same family so I guess all kinds of weird things may happen.

 

From what I've read, roses are only grafted on rose root stocks.

 

Okay, that's great to know. I've heard different things about that and people thinking their roses would revert to something else. I appreciate all the help everyone! Thanks! :)