Rose bushes colliding?

My mother has about 3 rose bushes around our house (she passed away in December). She taught me how to take care of them when I was in high school, so I know the basics.





I remember when she got her third, she planted it closer to one of the others and the next summer, she had two of the same color roses from two different bushes! When she asked someone about this, apparently they told her this could happen with roses.





Now, I planted a rose bush that should produce white roses next year in her memory and FH would like to plant one in memory of his mother, but with yellow roses. I am wondering how far away we should plant them, if there is any truth to what this person told my mother years ago!





Thanks in Advance!

Rose bushes colliding?
The color change has nothing to do with their being planted next to each other. What is probably happening is sucker growth from below the graft was left to grow. Look near the bottom of the "trunk" of the rose. You'll see a collar where the blooming rose (top half) was grafted to a sturdier root stock. Canes growing below the graft will have characteristics of the root stock. These should be cut off, as they may overtake the blooming half that you want.
Reply:It is very possible as the plants are cross pollinating creating new types of roses. This is how they create new species of flowers in the flower business. It is the same concept as interacial relationships in which a child(ren) are produced creating children different from the parents as individuals. I would plant then in a very different location as bees will be rose hopping to and from the ones that are closest to each other.
Reply:pick a distance, and go with it, whatever looks balanced.





I wouldn't worry about them colliding, that sounds ridiculous... go to your library and check out some books on roses. and look up on google, if you don't find anything it's probably because it wasn't true.





use your own common sense, or go to your local garden store and ask them.


happy growing - I would just be happy if they bloomed the next year!!!

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