July 26, 2019 Propagating Roses, RH Shumway, Aven Nelson, Ruth Pitter, The Rude Potato, How to Garden Through Dog Days, and Winthrop Mackworth Praed
Have you tried to propagate roses through cutting?
Maybe you want to pass along an old rose from a friend or simply make more of your own.
You can take a cutting of your rose, which is also called a slip.
When it comes to selecting the right stem, I look for a long, young shoot.
These new shoots are about the diameter of a pencil and have grown from spots I have pruned earlier in the year – which is another benefit of pruning.
Now these shoots are pretty easy to spot; they are usually a little lighter in color and they are super vigorous.
Anyway, you want to cut one long shoot down low and…
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