Rose cuttings?

i have some lovely wild roses in my garden , i would like to take a cutting or two and replant them along my hedge and beside my shed.
how do i go about this please?
these are the roses in question..

 

Oh my.......they are gorgeous, you lucky devil.


Taking cuttings is actually extremely easy ( sorry for contradicting Woo-I very rarely do so) and you are coming up to the exact right time. The pics Woo has directed you to are spot on.


First take a look at them and if you can see some strong thick stems then you are in business.


I would cut lengths about the length and thickness of a school pencil and just push them in the soil where you want them to grow. Do this around the middle of October just as they begin to go into October.


If I was your neighbour I would be round scrounging some for myself.

 

thankyou for the advice guys , i shall read the link when i get a chance , ms robgil has just taken over minding our baby so i have a little bit of time on my hands.
i have yet to sort the black spot i am afraid , with the baby and the cottage restoration finding time to do even the simplist of tasks can be difficult.
what would happen if this is left untreated?

this is how it looks now,







although the bush is still putting out lovely dark red flowers , they are very very smelly.:thumb:
can anybody id these perhaps?






this is the other bush with the spots , both bushes are about 4 or 5 feet apart , this didnt put out as many flowers after the initial burst , these roses dont smell much at all.
can anyone id these perhaps?







my neighbour says these bushes will be 30 years or more old.

 

Hi Robgil . i agree a bit with Lollipop as regards to cuttings. my Father had a Rambling pale pink rose,sorry
cannot remember the name . when i moved from my Fathers house i took with me six cuttings from the rose(as Lollipop said) the length and thickness of a pencil. the addition to this under my fathers instructions i slit the cutting about 1/2 inch at the bottom and inserted a match stick (horizontal) then placed it into a hole in the earth , were i wanted it to grow . out of the six cuttings four took root :D.
this procedure has been carried out several times . from my fathers original rose there are about eight or ten gardens growing the roses from cuttings done in the same method :gnthb:.
music .

 

I usually use cut clear plastic drinks bottles with a few holes punched in the bottom for rose cuttings - and cuttings in general. 50/50 peat and sand works pretty well and you will know if a cutting has taken when you see roots through the clear plastic.
For the first couple of weeks, place a larger bottle or glass jar over the cuttings to keep in the moisture and stop them drying out. Put them in a bright spot, but out of direct sunshine. A warm spot, windowsill - or even better - on a heat mat really helps to speed things up.

 

That's a new one on me, I have't ever heard of that method-definitely going to have a go at that method-just need some more garden to put them in. I really do have a problem (of addiction) with roses and have probably too many already.


Sure I could try to squeeze another one or five somewhere..............surely.

 

Hi Lollipop as i said it was my fathers tip when i was a wee boy And that wasn't yesterday. music

 

I lost my rose cuttings in containers last winter as I forgot to bring them inside. They were all rooted well. I took them in July/August. Do they do better if placed in the open ground rather than plastic containers? I want to take some more cuttings this year.

 

In my own experience I would say yes, if only because it lessens the risks involved-for myself the biggest reason for failure of cuttings is mould. For someone else who has a better ventilated or situated greehouse perhaps there is little difference.

 

Well, I couldn't resist this one!

Very beautiful ramblers, gorgeous!

Two autumns back, I only decided to try propagating some of my mature plants and some miniature roses by cuttings, but last spring I killed about 60% by hasty transplanting. I have about 30 varieties of roses: floribunda, climbers, tea hybrids, shrubs and miniature. I don't know their names, alas.

Well, last October, I literally outperformed myself :D by collecting over 400 cuttings from about 43 additional rose varieties. I exchnged with neighbours and friends. I also ordered 16 new plants from local producers, as roses are quite well established in Bulgaria.:thumb: And now I ordered another 12 varieties of English roses, including some David Austin's... I can't fugure out what this will amount to!

For now, more than 90 per cent of my cuttings are developing quite vigorously! I have chosen for them appropriate locations to avoid early transplanting. I grow them outdoors, under cut plastic bottles, in beds containing 50/50 peat and sand.

We are still under the snow here :WINK1:, but two weeks ago it was much warmer and I removed some of the bottles to have a look. Well, here are some of my champions:



The lowest temperatures we had here this year were -17 C.

I promise to explain in detail when and how I take the cuttings and how I prepare them.

And here are some of my last year varieties (The 2010 Rose Photo thread is closed. I appologise for posting here, but I love them so much...):