ROS Cutting root after flowering?

12 years ago

Hello,

Our neighbor recently trimmed his almost 15' ROS tree last week and while cleaning up pieces that fell on my side of the fence, I found some branches with buds and blooms, and decided to keep them in a vase with water hoping to have some blooms brightening up my living room.

Well, the buds are still opening one by one and they are lovely to look at, but I suddenly decided to see if it was easy to propagate from cuttings. Everything I found says to take cuttings from non-flowering stems or those that have never flowered, and also that have no buds or seed pods. Well, my three small cuttings all have buds, one has a large seed pod also, and two have had blooms open so far.

Do you think I will be able to root any of them given this situation? Or should I just forget it and enjoy the blooms while they last?

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12 years ago
Brooklyn,
You have nothing to loose. Enjoy the flowers, and when they are done, cut off the flowers, and dip the end in rooting hormone powder. Then just put right back in the water.
Let me tell ya, ROS are easy to root, so your chances are pretty good. You have to be patient, and most people aren't.
brooklynbonnie
Original Author
12 years ago
Thanks, Butterfly! I noticed a couple of the smaller buds dropped off, so I took off all but the 2 showing petals pushing out. I also trimmed the bigger leaves when I noticed some roots starting all along the stems. I did trim a couple inches off also after doing some reading online about rooting ROS cuttings and that they should be shorter than the 12"+ that mine were.

I found somewhere that said if you don't have rooting hormone or willow, you can use 50mg of asprin in the water to help promote root growth. Anyone heard of this working?
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wally_1936
12 years ago
You should have no problem rooting those cuttings. Dip them in root tone and stick them in some potting soil and keep the soil moist They are slow to rooting at times but should be ready to go in the ground in a couple months. I would not try until you see new leaves starting to form.