A few weeks ago, we took cuttings of some of my favorite roses at our other house, buried them in ground and marked them with a stake.  Today we had to move 3 of the buried ones to plant a citrus tree.  I was amazed at how green they all were, and then all kinds of tiny roots and shoots showed also.

They have been watered into their new spots, and I can't believe this even worked!  They are definitely alive and busy doing their thing!

Suzi

suzi,

how do you root roses?

Pete, it's my first try.  I took cuttings from new growth about 6-8 inches long.  I stood them straight up in a hole in the ground and packed damp dirt around them.  I put a stick next to each one as markers.  They were completely underground and not visible.

I have many questions.  They won't be grafted roses and I'm not sure how they will grow.  Usually you keep the graft above ground when planting roses, but these are just making shoots like figs.  I guess that's how it works.

Those shoots I saw will pop out of the dirt sooner or later.

Suzi

Suzi,

I have had relatives take rose cuttings and planted directly into the ground with success.
Cut the top flat and the bottom in an angle and place in the dirt and water.

To my knowledge, they don't need to be grafted to grow successfully.

Roses are actually better on their own rootstocks. To start cuttings is easy. Take a stem of 3 or 4 buds, at least 2 or 3 buds below a flower, and pot up in a gallon pot with good potting soil, leaving 1 or 2 buds above ground. Water well.  Put a couple of small stakes, I use bamboo, in the sides, so that you can put a plastic bag over the top to form a greenhouse. A large glass jar works too. Set the pot outdoors under a shrub or trees so that there is nice light, but no direct sun. Growth will start within weeks, and you can gradually move to sun. That's it, and any suckers that develop are true. I've started as many as 3 or 4 in one pot.

Had I known it was this easy, I'd have taken more cuttings.  I still can.  We still have that other place.  Just don't go there much.  We recently purchased 8 new varieties of roses for landscaping beauty, and I'll be trying to tripple their wow effect soon!

Thanks for all the advice and answers!  I think fig cuttings are easy this way too.  Outside, in nature with no mold issues. 

Roses are important in a vineyard.  We planted one cutting at the ends of the vineyard rows.  They are the "canary in the mine."  They show disease/pests before those hit the vines so you can take care of things like that before it is too late.

Fingers crossed they all do well!

Suzi

See, now I can visualize the future!  A salad.  Rose petals, co-mingled with Arugula and sliced fresh figs!  Dressed with Fig Vinaigrette!  OH MY!

Suzi

Sounds good.  I would add a little goat cheese so you'll need a goat in the future.

most of my wife's roses are suffering. the soil here just isn't good. too clay-y.. and there are tone of crushed concrete under that where the contractors dumped them. i want to make sure some of them will survive.. our previous house had nice rose garden on the side and it was so relaxing for my wife just going out there to work on them. 

Hi all,
Bullet08, you first need a good rose. Then make the cuttings. Cut at 3-5 nodes of length and bury them 3 at the same place. Water every 2 or 3 days especially in July and August .
They will grow for you. I have made a bunch of roses like that.
You only can go wrong, if like me, you try to go through seeds. The small roses are not necessarily true to type.
And so was the case for a rose that my mother did grow from seed - almost like the mother tree but not 100% .
But I'm still happy of it, as my mum lost her bet :) . She wouldn't believe me  - I told her that roses would make seeds ... and viable ones.