How to Replant Rose Cuttings

Replant rose cuttings to produce clones of your favortie rose plants to keep at home or give as gifts.

Replanting flowers from cuttings, or "starters," is a way of propagating flowers by making clones from the mother plant. Roses are one type of soft wood plant that is especially easy to propagate, and the results can inexpensively fill your garden with your favorite rose.

Things You'll Need

• Quart-size jar
• Hormone rooting powder
• Pruning shears
• Soil
• Water

Instructions

1. Cut a 6-inch piece of a healthy rose stem with many leaves on it from your mother plant with sharp pruning shears.

2. Trim the top of the rose cutting down to where the top leaves are, so that the cap of the stem cutting is a leaf.

3. Remove the leaves from the bottom half of the rose cutting.

4. Dip the bottom of the cutting into a hormone rooting powder to stimulate growth. Hormone rooting powders are available at any gardening store.

5. Fill a quart-size jar will moist, high-quality potting soil.

6. Dig a small hole with your finger in the center of the soil 3 inches deep.

7. Place the cutting into the hole and cover with soil. Pat the soil down around the cutting to remove air bubbles.

8. Water generously, but do not saturate, immediately after planting. Continue watering every few days to keep the soil moist.

9. Keep your cutting in a warm place with plenty of sunshine while it grows roots, such as a windowsill in your home. In a month or two, the rose cutting will begin to grow taller in its jar. At this point, you may transplant your new rose plant outdoors into its permanent home.

References

• Santa Clarita Valley Rose Society: Grandma's Mason Jar
• Morrison Gardens: Propagating Roses From Cuttings