Propagating Roses

[TheSeedObsesser]

We've got some really old antique roses in the flowerbeds here, and they somehow grow and flower without too much aphid damage (despite the fact that we have billions of those thing). We'd like to take some with us on the move and I don't know much about growing roses. Can rose cuttings be rooted? Are roses one of those perennials that can be split? Their are some dried up seed heads on them, can roses be grown from seed?

 

[catjac1975]

Cuttings are an age old way to reproduce roses. My Mom used to put the ends into a potato to keep them moist and then bury the potato. All I remember is digging potatoes. There is rooting hormone that helps roots along on any cutting. Can you dig up the roses? I have grown some of the rose hips but they were very hard to germinate-certainly worth a try. Mine did not make it through too many winters.

 

[Wishin']

If the roses are important to you I would use the rooting hormone to insure your cutting will root. I am currently trying to root some roses, three days ago I put two cuttings in a bucket of water, they appear to be dying, I shoved about 3 or 4 inches of two cuttings in a spot where there is everlasting mud, they haven't rooted yet but the budded leaves are growing vigorously, and two cuttings have 3 or 4 inches of their base shoved into the base of the compost pile, which stays moist. They have not rooted yet either and are surviving and slowly growing but not thriving like the two in the mud. Good luck

 

[thistlebloom]

I'll start by saying I have never actually rooted roses, but it's on the agenda for this year. I'm going to wait at least until the buds begin to swell, then pot them up in groups in good potting soil and 2 quart pots. The pots will stay outside and I'll make sure the soil stays moist.

I don't expect them to be difficult. My sil stuck a florists rose in a pot and put a jar over it, like a mini greenhouse and it rooted.

I'm going to be working with rugosas though, and you practically can't kill them.

I don't think you should try to split them. Something like a rugosa that sends up suckers every where would be a candidate, but most old established roses are going to have a trunk, and if it's been grafted you'll run into other issues.

 

[Jared77]

Check your PMs

 

[TheSeedObsesser]

Plenty of them to try a few different methods. They are teacup roses and don't really have trunks, they're pretty much all stems. They do have thick roots though. I'll have to order some rooting hormone. Should I take the cuttings in early spring while they are just starting to bud?

 

[catjac1975]

One easy way is to bend the rose stems into the ground and cover with dirt. By the next year they will be heavily rooted with no losses. I have done this with many other types of shrubs.

 

[thistlebloom]

Can you post a picture of them Seedo?

 

[TheSeedObsesser]

Can you post a picture of them Seedo?

I don't have any pictures right now but can easily go get some. I'll have them up sometime tomorrow. If you mean of the flowers and not the stems it will have to wait until sometime this summer.

 

[TheSeedObsesser]

One easy way is to bend the rose stems into the ground and cover with dirt. By the next year they will be heavily rooted with no losses. I have done this with many other types of shrubs.

I'll try that will some of the longer ones, most are a little bit on the short side.