I personally have tried several methods of rooting rose cuttings, but the best way I have tried is our Great grandparents method by using canning jars. What I do is usually in the fall ( I don't like to try in the spring because it gets too hot quickly here and the rose will suffocate in the jar ) is I take a small cutting that's no wider than a pencil and I do use a rooting powder on the bottom, stick it in the ground and put a canning jar over it. I usually put a few rock around the jar so the wind will not blow it over, and by spring, ta-da a new rose has rooted! I just would not plan on moving it until the next spring though since it's roots are still very tiny and easy to break if you dig it up.

When I first moved to this place about 10 years ago, I bought a JC and loved it. But it died in a particularly harsh Winter. I didn't care that much for roses for several years, but around five years ago I started getting into clematis, with some success but a lot of rotted roots along the way. Got more into the gardening forums and slowly got a few roses on sale because of the many beautiful pictures I've seen of roses & clems growing together. So last Summer I found a potted JC on sale at Kmart. Got 2 fantastic blooms from it before I even got it into the ground, around early October. Because it was rated hardier than the other roses I had bought, I dared to plant it in a more open area than close to the East side of the house where the z6b kinds were planted. It did have some dieback, and was a little slower starting to leaf out than the more protected ones, but the new canes. or maybe they would be called laterals, are about 6 inches now and I started fastening them at a 45 degree angle to the wires on my homemade trellis, which is a little shorter than 6 ft. Will keep at it as they grow, and even if it only makes it halfway up but blooms, I will be more than happy. There is a type 3 clem planted next to it which should get up to the top this year. And as it grows I can coax it more to the JC side. So, if you like it, go for it. Marie

LOL, Nickelsmum, I was doing the same thing and thought to myself "I don't remember pasting it... how did it know?" I looked and it was your post. Spooky but thank you. Katef, these are very pretty. I am a big fan of Mary Rose and only wish Joseph Coat had been half that lovely for me.

Hi! I am new to growing roses and I really want to start with Joseph's Coat. I live in New Orleans, and I have a brick planter on my patio that is about 9 feet long by 2 feet deep by 12 inches wide. I have grown sweet potato vine, carrots, morning glories, and even broccoli in it. I am wondering if it will be good for growing roses. Could I fit two or 3 bushes in that amount of space? Will it provide enough drainage? It has bricks in the bottom and is filled with potting soil. It gets full sun. I am going to build a trellis/privacy screen out of lattice and 1 x 4s in/along the planter and am looking for a good plant to grow on it. I was originally going to go with Confederate Jasmine, but I really love the color of the Joseph's Coat and have been wanting to my hand at roses. Thanks in advance!