Oh wow!!!!

That's what I want. I've found it so frustrating to root roses. Nothing works for me. Right now I have roses that I stuck in the dirt in the shade - total shade. These seem to be working. I have my fingers crossed.

Yours looks so wonderful. Great job!!

Carol

That looks promising. Your dirt looks great. I, however, have reaqlly, really sandy soil. I don't know that it would work. But worth a shot.

Yeah. Who knows. :)

Carol

Mine is almost pure sand and rocks under the layer of pine needles :) I stick mine mainly in the partial shade wherever there is a little bit of soaker hose not on another plant.

Anne,

This is very interesting. In the early summer I was reading about someone (wish I could recall where I read this) propagating (wild) blueberries in a similar fashion. Something like this --- that snapped off sections of wild blueberry will grow readily if they are just put into moist soil and leaf (acidic?) debris around the blueberry plant.

Several weeks after reading this, I picked up a chipmunk-snapped branch tip from my recently moved cultivated blueberry bush (I moved a few of them in May) and stuck it into the soil at the drip line of the plant from which it came. I kept it moist (I was watering daily as I'd moved these large plants late and didn't want them to dry out). I was absolutely stunned when that 6" piece didn't dry up, fall over and die, but sprouted new leaves. I got a bit too cocky and after a couple of months the hot weather and humidity led me to slack off. The promising stem dried out too much. But I will try again next spring.

What is your zone/location and what is the latest in the year that you have had success?

With one Banshee rose variety that I brought home for a bouquet, I was surprised to find that it had developed roots. After a few weeks, I just moved it to a temporary area in my garden. It took and is doing well.

And you did this with 'Tess ___' ?! Thanks for sharing.

1. I always go with the theory that plants want to grow and thrive, I have the same philosophy with children! Interesting about blueberries. I know the blackberries root everywhere I don't want them to! I am in Northern California in zone 7a-7b. It does get to zero and sometimes a few degrees below but not all that often and in non-drought years we average 7 feet of snow, which helps protect everything. I'm near Mt. Shasta and in a microclimate because of the mountain. I am finding this time of year the best for rooting in this manner. I also pulled some cuttings that hadn't rooted in pots with a super mix for rooting and stuck them straight into the ground and they rooted there quickly mid summer. Since this is a new method for me this summer as I got frustrated with cuttings inside in pots under grow lights rotting I don't know how far into the winter they will root. I know I will just leave them out, hopefully under their blanket of snow until spring, The 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles' David Austin Rose cuttings (I checked, this one is not patented in the US) are from a branch that broke off while I was planting a bush I purchased. I had to get it as I am a Thomas Hardy fan and read another mystery book that kept quoting from 'Tess'. I am in the process of planting my back woods with lots of roses, I've got about 3 acres to work with and am still on my first acre as I know so trees are sick and need to come down. 120 roses planted this spring/summer. I have been busy! Pushing the zone and shade envelope as usual. The rose I show digging up is a found rose, a rambler, but I have had many different types of roses root in this manner.

I wish I would have stuck with outside rooting.

Hi I'm curious how do you mean you fill the jug with water?

I will have to try rooting directly in the ground. Thanks for the ideas!

Go to U Tube .com/Decatur roses. I was featured on a PBS video. I did a cutting on the video