Three Propagation Methods
Every winter and early spring, nurseries bulge with sturdy bare-root rose bushes, and mail-order nurseries, are ready to deliver equally husky plants at the drop of a letter. Why then, you might ask, should you bother to propagate roses when good plants are so available?
Various practical considerations aside, the chief reason for wanting to propagate your own roses is the pleasure of it. Words can't quite capture the satisfaction provided by beautiful blooms on a rose bush that you nurtured from a scrap of wood. Of course, if you want more plants of a particular rose that no longer is sold, or of one you can't identify, then you'll have to grow your own-either from cuttings or by budding onto under stock plants. If you have the creative urge (and are somewhat of a gambler at heart), try raising entirely new roses from seed.
Every winter and early spring, nurseries bulge with sturdy bare-root rose bushes, and mail-order nurseries, are ready to deliver equally husky plants at the drop of a letter. Why then, you might ask, should you bother to propagate roses when good plants are so available?
Various practical considerations aside, the chief reason for wanting to propagate your own roses is the pleasure of it. Words can't quite capture the satisfaction provided by beautiful blooms on a rose bush that you nurtured from a scrap of wood. Of course, if you want more plants of a particular rose that no longer is sold, or of one you can't identify, then you'll have to grow your own-either from cuttings or by budding onto under stock plants. If you have the creative urge (and are somewhat of a gambler at heart), try raising entirely new roses from seed.
WHAT A BEUTIFULL ROSE
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