I Propagated My First Rose Bush!

Wow, I love roses. Wish I could grow some here in our yard but I think they won't survive the hot weather since we don't have the necessary tools to keep them alive. Looking forward to your roses. Hehe. I don't have a successful story to share... All I can say is my frustration! Haha! I want to grow roses in our yard! Why can't I?! Whyyyyyyyyy?! I think it would be cool to be able to grow some and give them as a gift to special people. It would be really soothing to see them bloom too. Ugh. Goodluck to you and to your rose bush.

Many years back when I was working in Virginia, I rented a townhouse in early spring that had a beautiful white rose bush next to the porch. The house across the driveway had a gorgeous red rose bush next to their porch. The aroma they emitted was one step closer to Heaven. I so enjoyed sitting out on my porch enjoying that heavenly aroma. The next spring when our rose bushes bloomed. My beautiful white roses has numerous small red splotches all over them & their gorgeous red roses had white splotches all over them. They still carried that wonderful aroma. The next spring my white roses had larger blotches of red & theirs larger blotches of white. This continued on for several years until we BOTH had some of the most beautiful variegated roses you have even seen. On their most beautiful year, I moved into a larger home in a better neighborhood. I never had the chance to get back to the old neighborhood to see the progress of those roses. I've always wondered if the white roses turned completely red & the red turned completely white or how they continued in their merging. That was one of those small miracles of nature that holds me in awe!!! I do hope your cutting turns into one of the most beautiful & enjoyable bushes that gives you as much pleasure as mine did!!!

That's pretty cool. We have a few rose bushes on our property but they are not in the locations we would like. I will have to try your technique and see if I can start a rose bush hedge along one side of our property. I pass a few homes that have rose bush hedges and as long as they keep them trimmed they look great and then when they flower, well you know how beautiful they are. We have a few plants that we have broken into multiple plants so we could grow them on other areas of our backyard garden. They seemed to move quite well, I hope the same goes for our rose bushes. I broke up a bleeding heart this past spring and started it in a new location,. It seems fine but we will see come spring.

Hi there. I have rooted rose clippings. There is an abandoned bed and breakfast up the street from me and there are some old roses in the front yard up against the front yard fence. The roses are yellow and I don't have any yellow roses. The cuttings I took were rooted in a compound and potted in potting soil for outdoor growth. Hopefully I will have yellow roses next year. I have pink baby roses growing up against my house. This rose was grown from a slip I took from a plant my mother planted at my grandparents house. My mother and my grandparents are now gone, but I have my roses.

If I tried to do anything like that the roses would probably come up brown like my thumb. I stay as far away from house plants as possible because my even handling them would kill them. My wife is the one with the green thumb. Congratulations on the discovery of another special talent.

I never used the rooting hormone but I recently read that I can cut some off my impatiens and grow them in water then plant them. I'll be planting them tomorrow! The roots are very nice now and I hope to have a bunch to plant next spring. I'm very happy your rose cutting is healthy, I look forward to seeing the pictures!

Congradulations. Your soil medium mix must of been just right for your rose bush cutting. Good for you. I have made cuttings from rose bushes with success as my specialty is propagation. I make babies from pretty much everything. Most all of the plants I grow are either from seed or cutting and all perennials. It is not the right time of year to plant your new plant out side. You must wait until a week or so before spring turns to summer but with no chance of frost wither. Do not keep your rose bush wet. Also misting your cuttings (lightly) 3 times a day, while their roots are establishing, helps the plant get the needed water. They will take the moisture through the foliage as there are no roots on a cutting to "drink" the required moisture. Also do not fertilize your plant until there is sunshine for the plant to utilize the food. Best of luck! Can't wait to see your rose.

Hi mental, I have a beautiful Classic American Red Rose bush, that smells just wonderful. I have tried to take cuttings, but had no luck. I will be trying again in the spring. I am amazed that I have had this rose bush for about thirty years now. A friend of my daughter's took a couple of slips a few years back, but I don't know if she had any luck with it. I tried twice and had no success at all. I have seperated all kinds of bulbs and had a much bigger crop. Spread all these extra bulbs around and make the yard look so much prettier, or give them to friends and family. I have started many cuttings in water too. That one is pretty easy, you just need lots of patience! LOL Have a nice day...

Hi MM congratulations on your success..that is brilliant..I am not good at gardening at all but when I was younger I used to be really good rooting plants growing them etc but now seem to of lost the touch...but congratulations on how well you have done with rose may it bloom all the blessings you deserve MM..littleowl

I have never done that yet, I'll just try it sometime. Anyway plants are like humans, you need to plant them good knowledge in order for them to grow with decency. A baby as well needs our love and caring for them to survive healthy in this world, such as what you have done to your roses.

Great job, I am happy for you. I have never rooted a cutting from a Rose Bush but I have a Little Princess Spirea in my yard and my son who was also moving was looking for some shrubs for his back yard so I just got a couple of cuttings put them in the ground (no growth hormone whatsoever) and ola there there were two nice little Spirea bushes. I was quite impressed and quite happy. Maybe I will try a Rose cutting next Summer. I know it is not the same as propagating a Rose but I just had to share my luck with you. Keep up the good work.

No, not I. My mom was the rose bush expert. She had the greenest thumb, that all she had to do was look at a plant, and it would flourish like crazy. Me? The only cuttings that I've ever propagated, were my beard. I don't use anything for potting, and heck...it STILL keeps growing back! ;-) cdrxo

Hey mentalward! That's really cool! I never heard of that particular trick! But I do know that the type of rooting that you are doing is not easy! If you can get that to grow that will be great! I hope you can! If not you can try to do it in the Spring by taking another cutting of your son's rose bush and doing it then! I hope it works! I don't know anything about the method that you are using now, but it sounds very intersting. I just love roses! I wish I could plant a rose bush here, but the soil where I live only grows those discusting mushrooms that I would love to feed to people that I hate!

I haven't done this lately. I used to do that a lot but now I have gotten out of the habit. My neighbors and I would share plants like that and we would get pieces of each other plants and bring them home and root them. I am planning on getting back into plants and yard work after I am without a job maybe next spring. I keep my grass mowed that is about all I do now to my yard.

Propagating Roses From Cuttings From "DIY Gardening & Landscaping" episode DIG-155 Soilless mix is loose and fine so that tender new roots can grow in it easily. The leaf scar should be under the bud if the cutting is in the proper position. Take softwood cuttings from firm new growth at the branch tips. Dip the bottom end of the softwood cutting into rooting hormone. Tammy Algood of the University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service explains how to propagate roses from cuttings. Begin by buying a good-quality potting soil or creating your own soilless mix by combining vermiculite, perlite and peat moss. Fill clean pots with the growing medium, and water them well. Roses can be propagated from hardwood or softwood cuttings. Here's how: Take hardwood cuttings gathered from pruning. The cuttings should be from healthy wood, and each 8" to 12" section should have several buds. Bury the entire cutting in an upright position. It's right side up if you see leaf scars under the buds and thorns pointing toward the ground. Cut off any wood showing above the soil surface. Plant more than one cutting to increase your chances of getting a viable one. Thoroughly saturate the potting mix, and label the pot with the variety's name and the date. Cover the pot with an opaque plastic bag to provide humidity. Don't use clear plastic: the pot will be placed in direct sunlight, and the heat could kill the new plant. Check the cutting about every two weeks, keeping the potting soil moist and the bag tightly in place. It takes about a year to develop a new plant from a hardwood cutting http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/gf_types/article/0,,DIY_13837_2270522,00.html I hope this information will help! There is quite a bit more at this link!