New plants from cuttings
Propagation from cuttings is the simplest way to grow additional plants of a favorite rose. Most vigorous roses-shrub and climbing sorts, most old garden roses, polyanthus, floribundas, grandifloras, and many hybrid teas-will grow well on their own roots. In most cases, a cutting-grown rose won't make much of an impression in your garden until its third year, at which point it is the same age as the newly planted 2-year-old bare-root bush from a nursery.
You can start cuttings from dormant wood at pruning time or take softwood cuttings during the blooming season. For dormant cuttings, select wood that's pencil-thick in diameter and make each cutting about 8 inches long. Remove the lowest two eyes, dip the end to be rooted in a rooting hormone powder (sold at most nurseries), and insert the end 3-4 inches deep in a pot or in the ground. If you plant directly in the ground, make a trench in the soil, put 1/z-1 inch of coarse sand in the bottom, and fill in around the cutting with a half-and-half sand and soil mixture. Firm the soil and water the cutting. For starting in pots, a light, sandy potting soil is the best. Start cuttings in a spot which receives little or no direct sunlight.
During the flowering season, you can start softwood cuttings from stems that have just bloomed. Cut off the faded flower just above the first 5-leaflet leaf and make the second cut farther down the stem just below a leaf; you'll want at least four growth eyes on the cutting.
Cut off all but the top two sets of leaves, dip the cutting in a rooting hormone, then pot it in a sandy potting soil as described for dormant cuttings. Finally, water the cuttings in, cover the pot with a plastic bag or invert a glass jar over the cuttings, and place the pot somewhere out of direct sunlight. In a month or two, when new growth appears, you can remove the bag or jar. If you enclosed the entire pot in a plastic bag, you shouldn't need to give the cuttings any additional water during their rooting period. But if a glass jar is covering them, check often to be sure the soil doesn't dry out.
Propagation from cuttings is the simplest way to grow additional plants of a favorite rose. Most vigorous roses-shrub and climbing sorts, most old garden roses, polyanthus, floribundas, grandifloras, and many hybrid teas-will grow well on their own roots. In most cases, a cutting-grown rose won't make much of an impression in your garden until its third year, at which point it is the same age as the newly planted 2-year-old bare-root bush from a nursery.
You can start cuttings from dormant wood at pruning time or take softwood cuttings during the blooming season. For dormant cuttings, select wood that's pencil-thick in diameter and make each cutting about 8 inches long. Remove the lowest two eyes, dip the end to be rooted in a rooting hormone powder (sold at most nurseries), and insert the end 3-4 inches deep in a pot or in the ground. If you plant directly in the ground, make a trench in the soil, put 1/z-1 inch of coarse sand in the bottom, and fill in around the cutting with a half-and-half sand and soil mixture. Firm the soil and water the cutting. For starting in pots, a light, sandy potting soil is the best. Start cuttings in a spot which receives little or no direct sunlight.
During the flowering season, you can start softwood cuttings from stems that have just bloomed. Cut off the faded flower just above the first 5-leaflet leaf and make the second cut farther down the stem just below a leaf; you'll want at least four growth eyes on the cutting.
Cut off all but the top two sets of leaves, dip the cutting in a rooting hormone, then pot it in a sandy potting soil as described for dormant cuttings. Finally, water the cuttings in, cover the pot with a plastic bag or invert a glass jar over the cuttings, and place the pot somewhere out of direct sunlight. In a month or two, when new growth appears, you can remove the bag or jar. If you enclosed the entire pot in a plastic bag, you shouldn't need to give the cuttings any additional water during their rooting period. But if a glass jar is covering them, check often to be sure the soil doesn't dry out.
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