Yup - you cut pieces off, make a trench and put the ends in (the right way up!!!) Heel them in, and they may root in about 12 months. I'm afraid it's a slow process.....but good luck!

Thanks Spritz..but are they any good without the grafted rootstock?

Yes, as far as I recall - it was a long time ago!

okay thanks. Maybe a project for next year if no one warns me off!

actually thinking about it, you dont sound enthusiastic and havent done it for ages ..am I right in thinking it wasnt really worth all that effort and its easier to buy an established model? Certainly more instant..hang on the more I think about it...

It's worth a try, isn't it - but patience is needed. ;-)

OK - I'll be honest - I didn't really think it was worth all that. I wouldn't bother again.....

my rose new dawn was achieved this way. it was a cutting from my mums garden and i know she touched it cut flowers and generally loved it. the same variety from a grower wouldnt have been the same. only took the one and it grew.

Ah, but you have great patience and definitely green fingers, Sbg! lol.

Seriously, well done. That must mean a lot to you.

Well I might do a couple, but not to put too fine a point on it, I would like to be around when it flowers!!
But it would be nice to have a daughter with such lovely sentiments as you SBG

Most commercially available roses are grown on root stocks. The type of root stock will determine the size and speed of growth of the rose grafted on top of the stock.

Taking cutting means the rose will do its natural thing . ie it will look the same but may grow bigger or smaller than the original depending on the root stock which was used.

Still worth a try though.

I wondered how it worked! Thanks a lot Anchorman