Rose propagation

Samantha austin · June 2015

Advice please!

I had sweet avelanche roses in my wedding bouquet last year as it matched the rose on my wedding dress and I know you cannot purchase the bushes as the sales are restricted.(We went on honeymoon to new zealand and I even tried looking up the grower there!)

I've looked online about growing roses from bought flower stems and seen mixed reviews about if it's possible. I myself have tried from some shop bought roses by just leaving one leaf and in water with rooting hormone. I managed several new leaf growths but no obvious root.

Can anyone tell me if I'm wasting my time with bouquet roses? And if not, what the best method is to get a new bush?

If it's possible then I plan to get some from the wholesalers so they are fresher!

Thanks

Dovefromabove · June 2015

The majority of top class florist's roses are grown in Ecuador - even if you could get a rooted cutting of your rose it's unlikely that it would grow well in UK conditions. Sorry

If you want to grow a rose in your garden that looks as close as possible to the roses in your bouquet, have a look here http://www.classicroses.co.uk/productindex.php?prodfinderformroseColourStrength=2&prodfinderformroseColour=pink&prodfinderformroseBloomShape=high-centred&type=rose&recsperpage=10&pagenum=1

particularly at Gisela's Delight and Paul's Early Blush

Logan · June 2015

Roses are grafted on a rootstock because it's more vigorous, of you could get some you might be able to do it that way, but it will take time.

Ceres · June 2015

I have managed to root roses from purchased cut flowers but the results weren't very encouraging and they never really thrived. Without grafting them onto a decent rootstock there is no way of knowing how large or vigorous the plant will be.

Bee witched · June 2015

Hi Samantha,

A couple of years ago we were at an open air drama / music event at Melrose Abbey.

There was an area in the abbey with about 50 beautiful single stem red roses just scattered about as part of the performance ... probably been there for at least a day. Also, it was late autumn ... so they are likely to have been imported.

At the end of the evening each member of the audience was given a rose ... I was there with my husband so we had two. They had nice strong stems so I cut off the blooms into a short vase ... and put the stems into a trench in the raspberry beds with some sand at the base. I wan't expecting them to do anything ... but they did begin to grow ... so after 18 months I lifted them and potted them on. They had decent root systems. They are now in big pots on a sunny patio and are about to flower ! so I can't wait to see what they come out like.

So ... worth a try if you are happy to be patient.

Good luck!

Rose propagation

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