The fruit is used to make jelly. It is natural for this tree to send up lots of water sprouts, which should be thinned out yearly to maintain a pleasantly shaped tree. The suckers that form at the base of the plant are best removed manually. Pruning is necessary only to thin or shape the canopy. I need help with carpet roses.
Some growth creeps on the ground and some sends long branches up.
A. First you need to determine the origin of these long shoots, says UC master gardener Bill Pierce. If they are coming from below the bud union, they are sprouts from the rootstock and should be totally removed. If these are not rootstock shoots, try pegging them to the ground into a horizontal position. Cut wire clothes hangers in two so that you have a couple of hairpin-like pieces that can be pushed into the soil to hold the shoot down. Your present shoots may be too mature to bend this way.