Big ole nasty rose bush

[MrDeeds970]

I worked this small jem out of a nasty bed of overgrown rose stems at our new house we just purchased. A sawzall and a long spade and three days of work and I finally made it down to the tap root. Any advice out there for a rose yamadori rose stump?

 

[MrDeeds970]

jack russell Terriers not included

 

[MrDeeds970]

Oh I just collected another single trunk of the same caliper. Holy rose trunk batman!! This is the best find ever!! Any advice for me?

 

[sorce]

Man, I'll tell ya.

I collected some stuff a couple falls ago, and my buddy was letting me prep them in his yard. I grabbed him a rose stump for his troubles.

No roots, few leaves, If any , planted In fall and by the end of the next summer it was 4 ft high!

Enjoy!

Sorce

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

The leaves look like elm...?

 

[Giga]

The bark doesn't look like a rose to me, And I with Brian those ridged leaves look elm'ish or something. What ever it is pot it up, let it leaf out then we can get a better ID

 

[rockm]

Definitely NOT a rose.

 

[pbethune]

I just did a huge one last year, about 100 years old. They are easy, get approx. 5 inches of the tap root and dust it with root hormone. You will be just fine.

 

[sorce]

Didn't see those leaves.

Or the second dog!

Elm I reckon!

Sorce

 

[GrimLore]

After this one gets taken out and containerized please post a picture with a quiet background like a smooth wall, bed sheet, anything. Would like to take a shot at an ID on that one

Grimmy

 

[MrDeeds970]

Oh its already dug out of the ground, I just set it there next to the patio with the dogs for reference. I will pot it this weekend along with the other one and post a picture of them. Excited to see what they are. They were completely surrounded in 4' tall pricky nasty roses that we are working on removing.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Most trees aren't likely to survive being dug out and set out on the patio unpotted for a few days.

 

[MrDeeds970]

Brian, that's a pretty easy one, I got that part I set them back down into the hole I dug them out of and lightly placed back the soil around them. I'm in the process of moving. Unfortunately didn't have tons of time to deal with them last weekend. I will post pics on Sunday

 

[pbethune]

Definitely NOT a rose.

Here is my 100 yr old rose now after putting into a pot I found. Is yours sprouting yet?

 

[M. Frary]

It's an elm. For sure. Probably American.

 

[edprocoat]

I agree it looks more like some sort of Zelkova, or maybe a Hornbeam.

ed

 

[edprocoat]

Man them dogs look even nastier !

ed

 

[M. Frary]

Had a Jack Russell ,Dachsund mix from puppy till 15 years old. He was every bit as smart and just as brave as German Shepherds I have owned.

 

[edprocoat]

Had a Jack Russell ,Dachsund mix from puppy till 15 years old. He was every bit as smart and just as brave as German Shepherds I have owned.

Did you have to slip a bag over its head so the neighbors did not get nauseous ?

ed

 

[M. Frary]

No neighbors. No worries. My nearest neighbor at the time was a 10th of a mile away.
And he wasn't ugly. Kind of cute till the real dog showed itself. Then he was kind of scary and colic Al at the same time.