Taking Hardwood Cuttings Of Roses

Watch this short video clip from gardeners world to discover which stems to choose how to prepare the cuttings and how to plant them.

Taking hardwood cuttings of roses.

Roses can be grown successfully from cuttings and will grow on to make good flowering plants. In autumn hormone levels are high so plants should root and grow well. Taking rose cuttings can lead to a new crop of beautiful successful roses. Carol klein shows you how to take hardwood cuttings from the native guelder rose viburnum opulus which makes a beautiful hedgerow shrub with glossy red berries in autumn.

Taking cuttings in autumn is also a good way of increase your stock of your favourite plants. Semi hardwood cuttings are taken in late summer and early fall when new stems have partially. The hard base makes the cuttings. Some evergreen plants hollies for example can also be taken at the same time of year as other hardwood cuttings.

Softwood cuttings the fastest and easiest to root are taken in late spring and early summer when flexible new stems are just beginning to mature. The rose cuttings that one is going to try to root are best taken from the stems of the rose bush that have just flowered and about to be deadheaded. Choose healthy stems of the current season s growth and follow our step by step advice to be sure of success. Roots will be produced over the winter months so that the rose cuttings can be potted in spring or early summer next season.

The plant is ready to go to sleep for the winter but is not yet sparko so still has the juice to put out some roots. November is a good time to take hardwood cuttings. He explains how to tell if they re well rooted and ready to pot up and shows you how to do this without damaging the delicate roots in this short video clip from gardeners world. Hardwood cuttings provide an easy and reliable method of propagating a range of deciduous climbers trees and shrubs and as bonus they are taken from mid autumn until late winter when more time is usually available to the gardener.

Prime softwood cuttings come from pencil size stems below rose blooms that have dropped their petals. Cutting strong healthy stems right above a set of leaves makes for great growing conditions and dipping your cutting in a rooting hormone will help the roots take. They are woody at the base and soft at the tip. At this time of year you can take semi ripe cuttings from this year s growth.

Like many other plants it s important to choose a sunny spot for your rose cuttings that has moist soil. Last year i took hardwood cuttings of my only decent rose a climber danse de feu.