"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message
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"janet.bennett" wrote in message
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Last year a took some stem cuttings from one of my climbing rose
(David
Austen variety) .

Will the plants be climbers? (or do roses have to be grafted onto
stock to
make them climb? - Sorry don't understand this business of root
stocks)
Will the flower be the same as the parent plant?
Have tried looking on the net, but can't find anything. Any
advice/website
address welcome.

The reason for using rootstocks and budding for roses is mostly
commercial,
roses from cuttings will often be stronger growing (especially on acid
soils) and of course no suckers, but there are roses which are either
hard
to do from cuttings or grow poorly on their own roots (often yellow
varieties)
Your roses will have identical flowers to the parent plant.
--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.

And will be climbing

Bel