roses eh?

**Thelma Sanders** · 14-03-2019, 09:47 AM

Yup! You never can tell, cuttings from my Abraham Darby work + 75%, Gertrude Jekyll +90% but the other varieties I have are very hit and miss *sigh* The lovely William Shakespeare never seems to work, so given up trying that one

**nickdub** · 14-03-2019, 01:47 PM

Originally posted by Thelma Sanders View Post

The lovely William Shakespeare never seems to work, so given up trying that one

You could try layering it.

**DannyK** · 14-03-2019, 02:03 PM

I think you need to have them sitting on coarse sand or grit.

Not sure if rooting compound is good any more as the only one I could find was seaweed extract.

**Thelma Sanders** · 14-03-2019, 05:10 PM

Originally posted by nickdub View Post

You could try layering it.

It's got particularly sturdy, upright stems, I don't think any of the branches would bend over enough, but I'll keep my eye on it. That's the one downside in DA rose breeding, they all have climbing roses somewhere in their genes, so most grow very tall/upright rather than bushing out like old roses do

**nickdub** · 14-03-2019, 08:05 PM

Originally posted by Thelma Sanders View Post

It's got particularly sturdy, upright stems, I don't think any of the branches would bend over enough, but I'll keep my eye on it. That's the one downside in DA rose breeding, they all have climbing roses somewhere in their genes, so most grow very tall/upright rather than bushing out like old roses do

You could take the soil up to a branch by putting a pot of it on something high, and tie it to a rose stem - I've done that with clematis on occasion.

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