How do you breed roses?

Question

I have some beautiful roses in my garden and I'm not sure which part of them I have to cut in order to put it in the ground...
Is now a good period to do this or should I wait until October?
How would they resist over the winter?
Here's a picture of them if that helps: http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/dd303/IntunericALB/?action=view¤t=Picture016.jpg
If you have any other tips I would appreciate it!
Thanks!

Answer 1

Here are 2 very good links:
http://www.rnews.com/print.cfm?id=9927

http://www.texasroserustlers.org/articles/starting.html

The top link is more the way my grandma used to do it, with a couple small changes she made. She always used a small cardboard box & her reasoning was it will disintergreate & made good drainage. She used white sand like you get for play in big bags & she alwasy steralized it by using a cooking sheet & getting it at about 300 degrees for about 15 minutes & letting it cool good. She also didn't plant in the ground for about 6 months & let it have good root system before it was planted. Cut in fall, plant in spring using inside windows & heat.

It looks easy to do, my grandma done it all the time & had had wonderful roses. I have tried & tried doing each step perfect......... never worked for me, I just don't have the green thumb for it I guess.

Answer 2

You mean clone, or grow from cuttings not breeding. Breeding is like any other flower. Collect pollen from one and tranfer to another.
Roses are actually easy to grow from cuttings. Nearly all roses are grafted onto rootstock. Contrary to another anser this will not affect what you are going to grow from a cutting as long as your cutting is from the grafted part and not from the rootstock. Easy enough to be sure. If there are shoots from below the graft on your plant, this is rootstock and those are usually called suckers and should be removed anyway.
Any first year wood above the graft ( where all the branches start ) is good for cuttings. Irecomend a rooting hormone like Rootone to help get them started.

Answer 3

Hi Daniela, What do you know about your rose. Is it a hybrid tea? It looks like a hybrid tea so if you are wanting to take cuttings then you should know that hybrid teas are grafted roses which means that if you succeed in getting a cutting started it won't be the same rose in your picture. Chances are you will be cloning a white climber which is the most common stock rose for grafting. Having said that, if you have a own root rose that has been cloned from a host rose growing from its own roots then you can take a cutting and get the same rose.
Here is a web site that offers step-by-step instruction as well as pictures on how to take cuttings.
http://www.scvrs.homestead.com/Cuttings1.html
Good Luck

Answer 4

Hey Daniela,
Your roses are beautiful. Your local nursery, library and gardening programmes on the TV, would be a good starting point. Does your local hardware/diy store run free 'how to' sessions on a range of topics, which you could attend for rose pruning? What are your neighbours doing [those who have roses]? It is not that hard, I'm sure you will do fine. Good luck!

Answer 5

Once I had over 200 roses, i live in Texas , USA..when I planted them I never cut them, when needed trimming I cut above 5 leaves stem. winter is great for them, kills plagues,in mine I used chicken manure, I have a Company, but mine is process, if you use raw, mix it with dirt , it may burn the plant if not careful, start with small quantity, is one of the best for roses....Good luck my Friend, Angie

Answer 6

CALL A ROSE STALLION WWW.ROSE.STUD.KEW.UK