another of my cuttings has bloomed

30 May '07 5:04 pm

Under a pile of leaves this spring I found pots with rose cuttings that I had forgotten about. Labels have been washing away - and in some cases I had no idea name of rose I was taking the cutting from.

This particular cutting is probably about 18 inches tall or maybe a little less. The cane is green and rigid. The thorns are resistant to being removed.

Leaflets appeart to be in 5s. The leaves are shiny, fairly thick and the serations are deep.

It does have a fairly strong scent that is nothing out of the ordinary.

The roses grow in singles and also in groups of at least 2. The open rose is a lighter pink that the bud. I don't know about hips, repeating, etc since it has just bloomed. The blooms are small - maybe and inch and a half - but there are at least 45 petals, making it a very *rufflely* rose.

There are details pix of every party of this rose here - and you do not have to register to see them or any of my public albums.

http://www.winkflash.com/photo/public.aspx?u=Proud_Pagan

I hope you will take a look and maybe help me identify this little rose.

Saoirse

30 May '07 5:50 pm

I am sorry I don't know the rose name. I would love it if you could give me directions on taking and growing a rose cutting. I have tried it a few times with advice from a book, no luck. Seeing as you have actually had success maybe your method would work for me, if it's not an imposition...

30 May '07 6:39 pm

I am not very educated in the correct way to do things, I just do what feels right for me. Wink

I take a good sized piece of the rose bush, if possible I include a spot where there is a new joining. I cut the stem on an angle. My potting soil is 4 tons of rough mulch my husband arranged to have delivered a couple of years ago [he works for the city and got the mulch from the brush and limbs hey pick up and run through a chipper]. That has turned into a huge pile of lovely potting soil. Well, it WAS a huge pile. Laughing

I don't use any rooting hormones or anything like that. I just stick the cutting in a pot. Then I cut the bottom out of a 2 litre soda bottle, leaving the cap on. That goes over the cutting and pushed into the dirt around it to act like a little greenhouse. I leave it, watering it and keeping it out of the direct sun until I see new leaves or can tell by touch that roots have developed. Then if it is big enough, it is moved to where it gets partial sun and the bottle removed. When it is strong enough, I move it into the sun.

I don't know why my cuttings do so well, I have yet to have one fail. Course now that I have said that, the 8 I made today will fail Smile

My landlord says I could put a stick in the ground and make it grow Embarassed

Next time I take cuttings I will take pix of step by step for you.

Saoirse

30 May '07 7:13 pm

Thank you so much for the information. I have tried a couple of times with the rooting hormone and nothing. I moved recently and had to leave several bushes that I loved, the little lady that lives there now is a sweetheart and a dear friend, so I am sure she will let me take cuttings. I am so excited, can't wait to try it. Thank you so much.

31 May '07 12:57 pm

Good luck with your cuttings. I've never had much luck growing cuttings in pots because I forget to water them. Oops. Embarassed

I tend to bung them straight in the ground and hope for the best, but really my cuttings deserve better. Very Happy