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?


Ian