Time is up. You said from the stem or branches that are there right? Most of the time that is the case.
There are times though that the growth comes from the roots and/or the crown of the plant. These are called basal breaks and suckers, depending on their origin.
Basal breaks are a good thing. Suckers can be both good and bad. If the plant is grafted like the rose below, suckers are bad, because they can overpower the desired rose bush.
The grafted forms the knobby part where the green canes are. Basal breaks can come from it as well. Suckers, in this case are bad, would come from below the graft.
Own root roses can sucker as well, and this is necessarily a bad thing. By digging up suckers you can pass them on to other people. Some roses are easier to propagate by suckers than by cuttings.
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| Suckers on an own root rose |
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| Basal break on an own root rose |
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| The beginning of a sucker on an own root rose |
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