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Roses
Sandy9
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could I chance taking a soft side shoot of a very old but very full of flowersrose bush and trying a graft on an growing but not very flowering rose
Last edited: 07 June 2017 07:34:31
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You'd need to remove all the top growth of the second rose to graft your first rose onto it. It's quite a complex process and requires a bit of knowledge and skill.
I think you're more likely to be successful in propagating the old floriferous rose by taking some cuttings
http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/grow-plants/how-to-take-rose-cuttings/
I've always found that at least half my rose cuttings are successful.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Many thanks 'Dovefromabove' will follow your advice and see what happens thank you
Last edited: 07 June 2017 10:17:01
Let us know how you get on.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
My uncle increases his collection of roses by doing as Monty does, in the above mentioned video, but he inserts the cutting into a large potato, he then plants the potato in the pot. He has had great success growing new plants using this method. Maybe you could try both methods, double your chance of success. Let us know how it goes. Good luck.