Any rose experts out there?

[i-need-a-martini]

My favourite garden rose has bloomed profusedly this week but it isn't my favourite rose that is blooming - it is the stock that it is planted on. Pretty enough but not what I want.

I've just had a good look at it and there is only one stem of the rose I want and multiples of the stock this rose is grafted to. Obviously I have stuffed up somehow when I cut the rose back in winter.

Question is - what do I do now? Do I wait for winter and cut back all the stuff I don't want. My only problem then is I may not be able to see which rose is which plus I am worried that by then the graft stock will have taken over completely. Or do I bite the bullet and cut the rose back now in summer to get rid of everything I don't want?

[amber-eyed-girl]

That is exactly why some people "plant" the cutting into a potato, first. That actually does help roots form. The honey thing, have not tried that myself, but it is meant to work.

Have grown roses straight from cutting, using the potato then tub then ground method, no grafting. four out of six survived, not too bad.

[joz*garage]

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@amber-eyed-girl wrote:

There are various ways. Some people take a cutting then grow the roots in a potato, then put it into a tub later. Others coat the cut in honey and straight into the ground.

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i used a root extractor powder (pinkish stuff)

dip the end of the cut in water and coat it with the powder, stick it in a potty mix

had a good success rate, about 90% would take, i would flog them off for about $5 each, but most people preferred & were clued up on the nursery root stock varieties

[bushies.girl]

Is it possible to grow Banksia roses from cuttings?

[amber-eyed-girl]

The honey might be the equivalent of the root powder.

[j-au976]

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@bushies.girl wrote:

Is it possible to grow Banksia roses from cuttings?

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depends on what bansia roses are.

if they are banksias they will take on slowly and most likely die before they do so.

[bushies.girl]

They are yellow if that helps, I didnt plant them, I just thought it would be nice to grow some from the cuttings if it was possible.

[j-au976]

i don't know what they are. just try a few cuttings and see what happens.

also  bunnings stock them.

[bushies.girl]

I dont need to buy any more of them, have more than enough .... Will try it and see what happens

[joz*garage]

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@bushies.girl wrote:

Is it possible to grow Banksia roses from cuttings?

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i don't see why not

if hanging branches on the soil have taken root it's a good indication they will

your local nursery should advise you on the best method to reproduce them 

[j-au976]

eucalypts can NOT be grown from cuttings for example.

wattles are best grown from seeds (unless it's a acacia leprosa which you have to grow from a cutting if you want to retain the red colour).

you can grow melaleucas and eucalypts very easily from seed.

i have found that silver cassias (senna artemisoides ssp artemisoides) grows readily from seed but dies in winter in a pot from root rot (required rainfall/annum 150 mm) but does survive the winter in a dry spot near an umbrella tree (from QLD) which will suck the soil dry even in winter.