'Dr. Huey' has been used primarily in the rose breeding business as a rootstock for budded roses. When the grafted rose dies, or even if it's starting to get stressed, the Dr. Huey rootstock can start to sucker, take over and thrive. Once Dr. Huey starts to sucker, you have to dig down under the soil, find the source of the sucker and tear it off at the base. Simply cutting them off will not work. If you don't catch it early and take care of it correctly, you will wind up with plants of Dr. Huey and not your original rose.
