Great, easy to see and follow instructions. Better and clearer that a cartoon.

Wonderful information. Thank you! I must try this with all my Dr Huey sprouts.

Great information and couldn't be more clear.
Also a good idea to practice on Dr. Huey suckers.
Thanks for sharing that with us.
Chuck

Wow!

Thank so much for sharing great information!!

I have been wondering how to graft roses, your instruction is the best tutorial that I have ever seen.

Thanks!!

Thanks Cup, this is brilliant. I have saved it!
Luv P.

Excellent and thanks for taking the effort to share the photos. Next to being there, nothing beats seeing it done from pictures and transferring the small but important pointers within the broader steps of the methodology.

Interesting. We de-eye the cane and bud to the cane instead of to the root shank. This looks like a better plan where roses don't need that shank to protect the scion from nematodes.

I forgot to mention that those look like seedlings.

I'm intrigued that you bud the same way, to the shank of the root rather than to the cane, with cutting-grown rootstocks.

Thanks, Niels. I've though about using the multiflora (hybrid musk) seedlings that sprout up all over my garden as rootstocks. They all have that carrot root.

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Cass

I really hope some will be encouraged to try to propagate roses, now they can see it really is not that hard. And I really want to stress that it is very important to choose the right rose for the root stocks (I think it has become very clear that different root stocks do better in different parts of America or even Europe. I do prefer either R. Multiflora or Rosa Laxa. While some in Florida and other places might do better with R. Fortuniana or Dr. Huey.
And Cass you are right! These rootstock are seedlings! But I am not sure that many will have the patience the raise these first, when it so much easier to root the cuttings. We live in a rose wonderland here since we have a very large rose production and many nurseries and access to so many thousands cultivars. We are always not very far from a nursery that sell rootstocks (a bundle with 100 (seedgrown) rootstocks cost about $) and I use about 200 myself every year, to propagate and exchange rare roses or roses that are simply very hard to get. In July here we send rose canes all over in damp newspaper and Plastic bags, to other rose-enthusiasts and nurseries and use the canes as "budwood".
Many will however find it easier to use root-stocks grown from cuttings, since that is what they have available. Do use your seedlings if you have any.

I am not sure we have the same nematodes here Cass. We do have some but we always bury the Scion at least 3-4 inches under soil level to protect from frost. In areas without harsh winters it seems to be more common to plant the rose with the scion in the surface or even above soil level.

Cupshaped roses:
Many thanks for your time in doing this "how to" for us.
Great information!
A couple of years ago I tried propogating some of my roses and to my surprise some of them grew. :)
Thank you for the information.
I'm going to to see if I can find my rose pictures.

Here is a link that might be useful: http://homes-n-gardens.com/

Cupshaped,
That was great. Thanks.

Harry

Niels, the reason seedlings are preferable, in my view, is that they produce much larger roots in the same amount of time, and they have far better odds of being RMV-free.

I've noticed with seedlings in my own garden that a small plant with top growth of 1 foot/30 cm. can have a root shank the size of my thumb and 1 foot long.

Lovely illustrations.

Thank you so much for the info. and pictures. I'm saving it for reference.

Has anyone ever tried grafting buds from cut roses bought at a florist/store?? Sometimes I have a dozen cut roses that are so beautiful it would be nice to grow my own. Are cut roses alive enough for grafting?

Carla in Sac

Thanks for taking the time to help folks with this. I keep meaning to try grafting but never have. At the recent conference that some of us attended in California we saw a demonstration of chip grafting from Burleng of Sequoia nursery.