I would try that making sure to use a nice well-draining medium and keeping the leaves well watered or misted. If you had a slightly shadier spot with surrounding vegetation that might also be better, but I'm usually doing this Spring, Summer and Fall as opposed to Winter. If you have enough cuttings I'd try some in the ground and some in pots to hedge my bets. Perhaps use an inverted soda bottle with the cap removed to help hold in humidity. As Sheila alludes, buying another might be better, not only because rooting can be iffy, but also because it can take a while to grow a cutting to planting size.

Well whaddya know - Kim you always find a way to bring order out of the rose chaos out there. I rarely pay as much attention as I should to common heritage among roses, but the Charles Mallerin factor would make sense in both these reds. At least they're more hardy for me than the original Charles Mallerin - I tried that one at least 3 times in successively better spots and it was an immediate death in our winters every time, as have been most direct Mallerin roses I'm afraid. At least Uncle Joe is resolutely hardy, just stubborn. Glad I put him at the back of the bed, and he rises above the teas in that area like a stern guardian of all those fussy, frothy ladies. They seem to form enough of a skirt around him, and he's MUCH too dignified at the suggestion of anything like a skirt around his solitary Cane of Dignity. Zack - I've often wondered what it would look like to have a combined planting of one-cane wonders next to each other. I'm picturing something like a bamboo forest of single rose canes with a single rose at the top of them (at least in the case of my Mr. Lincoln). It would certainly have novelty to recommend it, particularly if they all grew to the same heights, and I like the idea of letting them duke it out. In my yard, I'm not going to spend the extra garden space on multiples of roses that don't want to branch out, since I'd rather have them like pedestals among more full roses (like Uncle Joe the Overseer of Hussy Teas). Michael, I totally agree about Savoy Hotel. It's almost always cane hardy for me, but last winter I had to prune it back to about 6" on a single substantial base cane. I was worried that I might lose that last cane or that it would be a wimpy growth for a season, but not to worry. Savoy Hotel is a trooper for branching out nicely, and it's one of my top 10 steady bloomers (maybe even top 5) with gorgeous deep baby pink blooms that last extremely well. I didn't take any pictures of her this spring because I took so durned many last spring, but she was basically back to this state by late June this year even after pruning mostly to the ground. Gotta love her! Cynthia

well, on the pereimeter between the lawn and the wooded area I would start amending the soil. Spread grass clippings or manure in this area and also add some leaf litter then wait. If you dont want to wait to long then you could buy some wildflower seeds or plants. If do a search online there are many places that sell native wildflowers and seeds.

Not really. But the remaining branches will grow, get heavier, and droop down. That will ease your mind somewhat, I think. This is a minor issue. Trees which have been "raised up" eventually look "normal" again. and it doesn't take all that long.