By Davefc
Taunton Somerset,
United Kingdom 
A rather large rose bush outside the front of my house got damaged by heavy winds and a large stem snapped I would like to try and save the broken stem and start a new plant can anyone tell me how to do this ?
8 Jun, 2012
Answers
Apply a splint to it!
Use a bamboo cane and tape it with insulation tape( or similar) a few times along its length.
Plus; at the break wrap some more insulation tape directly on to the branch to prevent disease getting into the heartwood.
With a bit of luck it will graft its self together again!
8 Jun, 2012
Good luck with that, nothing to lose - its certainly a beauty.
8 Jun, 2012
Hi Wrong time to take cuttings sorry to say but you are wasting your time.
Hardwood cuttings taken in the Autumn is best with roses. I know what you are going through the winds here are realy bad I have been tying rope around the Laburnum tree thats only 5 years old to stop it rocking in the soil, every foxglove plant in flower are bent over ...
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Glad I took the baskets down yesterday and put in the greenhouse they would of been like bells in a church in full peal !!!.
Gg
8 Jun, 2012