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Rose pruning disaster

katie93katie93 Posts: 5
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I accidentally cut the main cane of what I think is a small climbing rose, which was covered in lovely new growth! I could cry. Can anything be done to save the cut part? Is it possible to reroot something as big as this, or at least the green sections? There are still a couple of small canes left on the rose so that part should recover, albeit slowly. Thanks in advance 

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Google ,rose hardwood cuttings
    Devon.
  • katie93katie93 Posts: 5
    Hostafan1 said:
    Google ,rose hardwood cuttings
    Thank you, I'm guessing it would be impossible to try to get entire sections of this to reroot? Cuttings are no bigger than 6 inches and I suppose there is a reason for that. It's such a shame  :'(
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Roses are pretty tough and respond to pruning so I expect the original rose will grow back.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • steephillsteephill Posts: 2,841
    Take pencil thick sections of your green stems, about 1 foot long, and plant those about 6 inches deep in a slit trench. They will take about a year to produce new plants but it is an easy and reliable way to get new plants.
  • katie93katie93 Posts: 5
    edited 26 January
    Thank you so much for the reassurance and advice - I will try what you suggested steephill. At least I won’t make this mistake again, I suppose. This is what was left on the rose:

  • katie93katie93 Posts: 5
    Update: I got 6 decent cuttings from what was cut and planted them this morning. Fingers crossed for a few new rose plants next year (:
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