Grow roses from cuttings

[Phoenixsylvestris2]

Is it possible to grow a rose from a cutting? If not what is the best way (if any)?
I have a bush with a nice orange rose and would like to try to grow one from it.

 

[canesisters]

Hi Phoenix,
There was a thread a little while back about starting roses from hips. Might be some info in here you could use.

http://www.theeasygarden.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=34843

 

[digitS']

When I worked at a rose greenhouse, we would sometimes start roses from cuttings. Apparently before I got there, the owners would sometimes place cuttings in a bed of perlite and cover each cutting with a gallon jar. I was told that it wasn't 100% successful but some cuttings developed roots and grew into good bushes.

I got in on the first propagation table construction. It was really quite a simple thing but required the purchase of a specialized valve to control the misting in what was essentially a plastic tent. Once again, perlite was the planting medium. That thing was very close to 100% successful!

Here is something from Texas A&M Extension on how that older, passive system might work for home gardeners: Propagating Roses.

Steve

 

[catjac1975]

Rooting hormone will help. I think the trick is to use a lot of cuttings to get a few.

 

[897tgigvib]

Some varieties strike better than others. The miniatures seem to strike well.

Also, Week's Roses has developed a line of bush rose very similar to hybrid Tea that are very hardy and do not need to be grafted.

A lot of the varieties that should be grafted are grafted for the good reason that their root systems are weak. They were bred for flowers and top plant growth and the breeders neverminded their roots, with the idea that they'd be grafted anyway.

So if your rose has a graft on it, look down near the base for signs of a graft, it may not be a great candidate for starting from a cutting. Then again, it may make a nice small plant.

(ouch my teeth hurt. dentist appointment is soon)

 

[Phoenixsylvestris2]

Great advice everyone!
I read the linked thread, I had no idea about the rose fruits! I've never seen them on my bushes. The one I wanted to cut does look like a grafted plant so I think i'll try to grow a few clippings from different ones to see if I can do it

 

[journey11]

I've not been successful yet, but each time I've gotten a little closer. I've been sticking mine in sandy soil, used rooting hormone and covering with a canning jar...which is supposed to be how my great-grandma did it. I think I will use the perlite next time. I had some I stuck in a corner of one of my raised beds and I think I just got impatient and pulled them up too soon. They had little nubs on the below soil half, but no roots yet. Then some I took as a fall cuttings off of a grandiflora that I put in sandy soil in a small bucket and tented them with a clear plastic bag and they were coming along great in my sunroom and starting to make little leaves and wouldn't pull out of the soil. Then I got the bright idea to move them inside to the main part of the house in a sunny room with heat and they all got moldy and died on me! I was so bummed. But I'm gonna keep trying!

One question for those of you who have gotten them to root...do you pull off all or some of the leaves? I took off all but the the top two sets. Should I have taken off more?

 

[Phoenixsylvestris2]

I would be bummed too Journey, I hope you get some to root again!

I got some rooting hormone today so maybe when I try it they will grow
Also I would like to know about the leaves as well,( I didn't even know to remove them).