i can send you some clippings fromminiature roses. they rooted beautifully and i wold LOVE more rose clippings of any type! let me know if youre interested.

FWIW, I took my cuttings that I put in the wrong mix (half peat half vermiculite), and I brought most of them in for the winter. Some of these had lost all their leaves but stems were still green. I dumped off the peat/vermiculite (mix drains well but does not soak up water, it was very dry, don't recommend it at all) and saw they had each formed a very small callus but no roots except two that I had set in the north window inside in a ziplock bag. I figured I had nothing to lose, so I mixed a new batch of half peat and half pearlite that George Mander recommended, restuck them, did not dip them in more rooting hormone, recovered with the soda bottle, put them in the east window, finally took the cap off because I lost some from rot, and several have rooted with the bigger roots you can see through the plastic cup and are putting out new leaves. I tried my first batch in potting soil, I don't think I would use that unless I could get the brand George uses and set up a misting system under lights he has such success with. I think it is difficult to transition them without a healthier root system into potting soil, that is where you are likely to lose the ones you were lucky enough to root even if they aren't so fragile. Two that had skinny tiny roots about 1/2 inch long, many and spread out (north window inside ones), I did put directly in potting soil very carefully rather than the peat/pearlite medium, and they both have died. I suppose each variety behaves differently. A note about the east window. If these hadn't already lost their leaves, I would have put them in a shadier spot. The ones that do have new leaves now, I took the cap off so they can get a little ventilation and am watching them like a hawk. I don't know if I will be able to get them through the winter or not.

Would like to trade cuttings, please see my list. Also looking for other striped roses. Hocus pocus, Verirgata Di Bologna, Black or Purple Tiger, Black Dragon, Brownie Meilland, Striped Jocelyn, Candy Stripe, Linda Rosa. Thanks.

Can take cuttings of the following fruit trees (limited as they are only 2-3 year old trees): Ashmead's Kernel apple Williams Pride apple Red Boskoop apple Empire apple Also, Harglow Apricot Stanley Plum Stella Cherry Also can offer cuttings of Endless Summer and Annabelle hydrangeas Other: Apple Blossom orchid division (will send 5 pseudobulbs with leaves) lots of yellow daylilies and tiger lilies Lily of the valley Hosta (unknown variety, probably Lancifolia) periwinkle spiderwort (pink, white, and purple) aloe kalanchoe christmas cactus Capron Musk strawberry various aquatic plants ( cabomba, water spangle, bacopa) Hoping for the following cuttings/young plants/divisions: Eden climbing rose Hudson Golden Gem apple (used to have one but landscaper destroyed it!) Korean pear (giant) Peonies Dahlias Beautyberry (Callicarpa) Lingonberries Lilacs (unusual varieties)