Cuttings can be taken anytime. I have been taking geranium cuttings for at least 25 years and I have tried many ways. Gardengals link gives you the basics but I would add-- The danger to geranium cuttings is blackleg not mildew. The cutting turns black and mushy just above the soil. Here's the way I have found gets the best results TAKING GERANIUM CUTTINGS First you must make sure everything you use is very clean. Take your cuttings: With a sharp knife or razor blade cut a 3 or 4 inch piece from the growing tip, cutting just below a leaf. All roots and branches come from a leaf joint. Remove all but the top 3 or 4 leaves. Let your cuttings callus over--Lay them out somewhere on newspaper. Mine sit on my spare room floor. Let them sit for about 5 days. The leaves will look wilted and dead but they're not. The cut end will shrivel and dry. Letting them callus over and watching the water cuts down on blackleg a deadly fungal disease especially to cuttings. Now plant your cuttings. In a clean pail mix your soil with the water so you make sure the soil is damp right through. Use a soilless mix like pro mix or one that is free draining. Just make sure it has no fertilizer in it. You want the soil wet but not too wet. Squeeze a handful and some moisture should come out but not a lot. Fill your pots--small pots make it easier to control the moisture. Make a little hole in the center with your finger or something else that will make a small hole, so you don't knock off the rooting compound. Dip about 1/2 inch of the cut end in rooting hormone. It comes in powder or gel, either is OK as long as it's for soft wood cuttings. I use Stim-root NO. 1. After it's dipped put it in the hole and cover it in, and you're done. Keep the soil moist but not overly wet. They will look wilted at first but that will change as it starts to grow roots. You will know it's rooted when it starts to show new growth. If you are going to plant it outside, wait until it is rooted well before you set it out.

Thank you so much for answering! I am glad they caught, as I feel bad for my mom's rose... maybe her cuttings will have a better life...my mom doesn't care for it, but on the other hand does not let me dig it out and take it... she donated her whole yard to some bushes of rasberry, that took over everything.... good to eat, but not worth ruining a whole yard for the sake of it ( my opinion, not hers...) Sorry, I don't know what a cold frame is.... I saw something called MiniGreenHouse at Home Depot, it's basically a shelf unit, dressed in a see-through plastic bag with zippers, costs $29 so not that expensive... But I can't imagine anything surviving outside in that thing, during our winters... Please advise, if you think that's useful! I don't want to put the cuttings in the ground, as we might be moving next spring.... Btw, the soil I used already has some very light fertilizer in it ( 0.2-0.3-0.2) The bottles have been off for 48 hours now and still no wilting! The cuttings are in South Window which has a moskito net, so I guess that's dampled shade... it's my brightest window though

okay after i wrote this question i found some other questions similiar, so don't worry, i figured it out thank you gwen

you mean kinda like these? From Temp This plant is from my grandmother's neighbor's yard. It gets to much shade. As for your confederate rose starting out white and turning pink. This is correct. Its strange, but some of the cuttings will do this mine do not. But then again my new cuttings aren't blooming this year. From Temp From Temp From Temp The above picture is from the orginal parent plant. The others are from one of the confederate roses that was cut back last year. From Temp As for cutting them back. What I normally do is wait till after first frost when all the green dies back. I then cut it back to 3 inches from the ground and MULCH heavily. Hopefully it comes back next season! Each year it will get bigger and produce more blooms! Now my in-laws just sold their home and had to leave theirs behind? I went to dig them up and they left one stump that was over a foot tall. In 3 years, the trunk is over a foot in diameter thick and they do not mulch them. I could not dig it up w/o destroying their yard.