I have hybrid teas, climbers,shrub roses, david austin, 1 or 2 buck roses and antiques. Looking for cuttings of: buck roses hybrid teas cl. hybrid teas climbers david austin Cl Oklahoma Spectra Alchemyst I also have several rooted Belinda's dream and 2 rooted Geoff Hamilton. I would like to trade these rooted ones for other rooted roses.

I have my desert rose in a clay pot.. I do not water it until it is dry about an inch down. And cut back on water in winter. It is in a south window and gets lots of light in the winter. It goes out on my covered front facing south after all chance of frost is over. It loses some leaves in winter. I have had it for three or four years. I took a cutting alert it dry out on the end put in spot of regular miracle grow potting soil and it has started putting on leaves.. I would love to try planting from seeds.. My cutting even got water logged and started to turn mushy on the end and I cut it off jammed it back in soil and it started leafing out again. I think over watering is what kills most cactus roses.. I also fertilize with mirical grow and alter with blooms fertilizer in summer.

I have been rooting roses for 20 years or so now. I bring cuttings home from the June Rose Shows and the September Shows. I take a marker and write the name on the leaf. When i get them home I cut the bloom off, strip the bottom sets of leaves. I then cut the stem right down the middle on the bottom part of the stem. I put the stem into a rooting hormone mix. When i have all of my cuttings prepped, I take them to a flower bed right up by the house. I use a dibble stick to make a hole to put the cutting in. I then press the dirt around the stem. I use plastic jugs that I got from a Deli. They have removable lids. I cut the bottom off and mark it as to what the rose is. This is then placed over the cutting. I unscrew the lid and fill the jar with water. I repeat this once a week. With my system I have 95 percent take. Right now I have over 30 cutting out. In the spring i will remove the lid if it is a warm day. The jar doesn't come off till all danger of freezing is past. I usually let the cutting grow in place till fall when I transplant it. I have acquired a lot of hard to get roses this way.

You don't really need leaves to root so I would take those two side branches and make cuttings of them as well. It triples you chances of success. Usually those thicker, woodier canes do best with a method called callusing. Look in the Propagation forum for what is called the Burrito Method by Roseseek. That will explain it very well.