Hybrid tea roses

I have read that they are sometimes grafted onto another rose that is sturdier, but that I need to know something about the number/kind of grafted rose that it is grafted onto.....sorry I'm sounding so vague...that's all I know but think I need to, know more about this in order to buy the correct rose, is that true.?...thanks so much for all help already.....

The most important thing to know is that if the grafted rose you buy starts flowering in 2 colors, one is from the root stock and should be pruned out all the way back. It would actually be best for the plant to remove suckers from below the graft whenever they appear instead of waiting for a rogue flower. But if you miss doing that, the color is a dead giveaway and should be dealt with ASAP. Otherwise the more vigorous growth will take all the energy away from the grafted hybrid you originally chose and it will disappear. Usually the root stock is a strong color, I think magenta is most typical.

Good luck!

Yorkknit you are correct, some Rose breeders do use different root stock and graft buds from Hybrid T Roses and other types onto stronger rootstock, usually from a cross of wild Roses as these are mostly disease resistant and strong.

The best way to avoid buying these Grafted Roses is to ask, double check or read the brochures from the breeders, by the way, I think you suffer the problems described by Pfg above, when you buy the grafted Roses and are un-aware they are indeed grafted. when you plant these, the graft should never be below the soil lever as this causes them to sprout into growth.
Most Roses have 5 leaves per stem BUT the suckers have 7 leaves are normally paler green that the grafted part, the suckers don't always flower as some breeders use a briar (wild Rose ) as root stock these might take several years to become flowering and be then they have usually sucked the strength away from the Hybridised plant part.
The other cause of suckers becoming a problem is, when you hoe, dig, rake or use tools beside the rose shrubs that are grafted, you nick the base of the rootstock and this helps the root develop new spurs that grow into suckers.
To remove the suckers, the best way is to wear thick gloves, scrape away the soil beside the sucker, take tight hold of the sucker and yank /pull it downwards until it is clean away from the rootstock, dab a wound heal powder onto the area that is exposed by the sucker at the root, backfill the soil. IF you just cut the sucker away that is like pruning the sucker and it grows even more branches and that equal's more weakness to the hybrid part of the shrub.

Search for Rose breeders on line and send away fro some brochures on caring for Roses or the local library / book store will have books on Rose care and problems with different type of Roses.
Hope this also helps you out and you can enjoy some nice Rose shrubs in the not too distant future. Best regards. Weenel.

A common rootstock around here may well be that wild cross you are talking about. The sprouts have many flowers per stem, barely 2 rows of petals. It is pretty close to red, but not quite. I am not sure I would call it magenta, though. It seems more of a climber than the bush type roses that are often grafted onto it.