Allotments 4 All

a dear friend (sadly passed on), planted this rose many years ago.
when the **** club took the allotments, all the roses bar 1 went under the bulldozers, we have 1 left and I would like to take some cuttings to put around the new ground, anyone done this and how, thanks  ;D

Hello

Have a look at:

http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/plantfinder/plantfinder_rose_6.asp
http://www.rkdn.org/roses/propagate.asp


Cheers
Brogusblue

thanks for that, broguesblue..would they take if I pulled them down and anchored them, they grow like a rosa rugosa so just wondered, the one we have has grown quite long and leggy, into the hedge behind so there's plenty to play with  ;D
the first one says november, the second says summer,anyway, we'll try in autumn, too much to do at the moment  ;D

http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/projects/roses-cuttings/

Get your money's worth from your licence fee and check out the above.

actually manics, taking rose cuttings is very easy. As well as hardwood cuttings in the autumn (the proper way) you can usually get away with taking shorter semi-ripe cuttings now (for instance). They'll even root in water. Try it with a short stem (5-6 in) without a flower bud. No harm in trying

very true, rhubarb, will do that on friday, may as well try it  ;D

the only problem with cuttings is that rose plants are produced for nurseries by grafting onto a rootstock, which may change the vigour or disease resistance. On the other hand with cuttings you don't have to worry about suckers

from what I can understand, he did it all from cuttings so will have a go at following in his footsteps  :)

have had quite good results when doing rose cuttings, I do it the hardwood way in the Autumn. I usually take a stem about 1.5 foot and push it into a pot of compost so that approx 6 inches are underground. I never use hormone rooting powder. I usually put 2 or 3 cuttings per pot and normally get 50% success rate.

If he produced that rose from a cutting then you are fine.

I have a rose at home that I took cuttings from and the plant produced from it is at the plot and going mad, I love to get something for free like that!  ;D

Had to grub up some roses when the extension was built so took a couple of hardwood cuttings in the autumn - replanted the following summer (1999). They seem to be doing fine. Sadly not repeat flowering.

well, I'll try both, I'll take a few soft wood now and some hard wood in autumn, I remember the plots surrounded with beautiful, scented roses and they're spiky, too  ;D