On 19/06/2014 13:53, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2014 13:03:08 +0100, Geoff Ellis
wrote:

Hi, I'm a complete non-gardener just about to blitz a completely
overgrown "garden"
Amid the jungle is a plant I would like to retain, but in a different
spot, so would like to take some cuttings, or summick.
I think it's some sort of rose, least ways the stems are equipped with
some viscous anti-personnel barbs/thorns.
A picture is at;
http://1drv.ms/1nQUI5z

So, how do I preserve this plant? I have the use of a neighbour’s green
house.
TIA
geoff

It's a wild rose, a dog rose, latin Rosa canina, see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_canina and
http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/16017/Dog-rose/Details

I am not a rose grower, but Rosa canina is pretty robust and should
transplant easily enough to your preferred site, but do it in mid to
late autumn. Just dig it up, preserving as much of the root as you
can, cut back the stems to about 2 feet, and plant it in the new hole,
making sure you plant it to about the same depth it was originally.
The new hole would probably benefit from having a bit of organic
matter dug into it before you plant the rose, e.g. some general
purpose compost from a garden centre, and also a bit of slow-release
fertiliser such as blood-fish-and-bone, but the rose isn't a fussy
highly-bred hybrid, and would probably be perfectly happy without any
of that. Water well after planting.

Roses are also fairly easy from cuttings if you want more of it. See
http://www.amateurgardening.com/home...rose-cuttings/



If you do replant it be a bit wary of blood fish and bone, if you have a
dog or visiting foxes then you might find them digging to try to find
the meat the smell is telling them is there.