is it possible to clip rose bushes to grow roots?

Answer 1

Yes. Often times the cuttings will root. Strip off the bottom leaves, dip the cut end in rooting hormone, put in potting soil, and keep moist. You can put plastic over the cutting like a mini green house.

If you want to bend a branch down and put a brick or rock on top of it to hold it to the ground, the branch will root. It will root faster if you scrap the bottom - where it will be in contact with the soil. After it is rooted simply snip the branch and you have a new plant.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Yes. Rooting a cutting will give you a clone of the parent plant. Choose a cutting about 6 inches long and about the diameter of a pencil, or slightly larger. You can buy rooting hormone at a garden supply store and dip the end of the cutting into it. (You can also skip the rooting hormone, but it increases the odds of success.) Put the cutting into good quality soil and keep it moist but not soaking wet. In a month to 6 weeks, you should see small roots forming. Then you can replant it wherever you want it. I personally like to keep them in a pot for awhile so I can baby them, but you can put it right into the ground if you want.

Answer 3

Yes, that is how bushes are purchased. They're cuttings

Answer 4

Yes, it is possible. Here is a web site that explains and shows you how to do it.
http://www.scvrs.homestead.com/Cuttings1.html