| It started as a white rose bush one summer. The next year I thought it had died so I started to dig it up and found a live root. I replanted this root. Nothing the next year, this year I have a climbing red rose vine. How did this change color and tpe. |
| Hybrid roses are grafted onto a vigorous rootstock. In this case, a rambling rose with a red flower. When the top of your white rose died, the roots took over and - viola! - you now have a wild rose with red flowers. It will be super hardy but it won't be the white color that you originally purchased. |
