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"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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"Ian B" wrote
My neighbour pruned a very admirable rose a few weeks ago and gave me
some twigs as I'd said I liked it. I stuck three of them in the ground
with some compost and fertiliser and kept them damp. They are all still
green. One of them lost its leaves, but now it has new red shoots
appearing, so I presume it's still alive.

I'm just wondering what to do now; that is, should I let these shoots
develop or not- will it exhaust itself by trying to grow new canes or
something like that? Is there any particular time it will be established
enough to transplant to a location I want it in? Is there a particular
time of year to do so?

I've had them appear to grow but obviously no roots did as they eventually
died the following year. However if you can gets roots to grow they will
be fine but best not to let them freeze this coming winter and if they
grow away well next year plant them out. We have a nice yellow rose bush
that came from a bunch of roses given to Sue by a friend, 5 cuttings and
one rooted properly and grew but then I did just shove them in the garden.


What is the difference when you propogate from cuttings, instead of buying a
rose grafted onto a rootstock?
Just wondering what the rootstock brings to the party if the rose cuttings
grow O.K. without one.


There are several reasons why specialist rose growers use budding, first
as Bob mentions is it reduces the quantity of stock plant that must be
maintained as each new plant takes less material, second it reduces the
time to produce a bigger plant as the stock (root system) can be several
years old before its used, this means a grower can react more quickly to
market trends, thirdly not all roses will take from cuttings, certainly
yellow roses are difficult and roses that suffer from mildew like
Rambling Rector.
There are however down sides, firstly suckers, not a problem with
cuttings and secondly the choice of root stock often means poor
performance on acid soils, and thirdly you need skilled persons to do the
work
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea