Thank you mad gallica! I will try that for those that I have multiple cuttings but I worry about those of which I only have one. I know many people just stick them in the ground so I was hoping someone who did that in a Zone similar to mine could report how they did over the winter. I'm just so thrilled they rooted I don't want to blow it now. I guess I'm the guinea pig yet again!

FWIW, when I lived near Youngstown OH, I had extremely poor results from leaving rooted HT cuttings in the ground over the winter. Bell jars didn't help. Because of that, I always overwintered cuttings inside here.

I'm in a different climate then you but rooted some rose cuttings the same way. I dug them up about 4 weeks ago and planted them in small pots. They all sat there and did nothing and that was worrisome but I noticed just a few days ago several were sprouting new leaves. I would get them out of the ground and into pots now so they have time to adapt and grow more roots before cold weather.

I have had good success in rooting plants from cuttings taken in mid October to mid November. There is an area of our property that has well-draining silty/sandy soil that I have been using for rooting cuttings; this area is on a slight incline in full shade from around mid October until mid March.

I have been using semi-hardwood cuttings around 4-8 inches long trimmed to 2-3 leaves. If the leaves are very large, then I removed all but 2-4 leaflets. The bottom end of the cutting is cut at a 45 degree angle with an axillary bud positioned at the point on the bottom. I gently scrape a strip of the epidermis on opposite sides of the lower part of the stem; these scraped areas are around 1 inch x 1/8 inch n Grow liquid rooting hormone. When I 'stick' the cuttings, I put at least 2 inches of stem into the ground and push the soil as firmly as I can around the 'stuck' cuttings.

The cuttings were well-rooted by February. I transplanted all of the cuttings into 1 gallon pots in February 2017. In August, I transplanted 5 plants each of these 4 varieties into the garden: Sharifa Asma, Sophy's Rose; St. Swithun, and Pretty Jessica. I kept 2 or 3 additional cuttings in pots for rose trading, and continued to water and fertilize them. The plants in the gallon pots grew to around 6-12 inches while those planted in the open ground average at least 18 inches. All the plants planted in the garden are enormous compared to those in the pots. The pots are black so the temperature of the roots in much higher than those in the garden. The root mass of the garden plants is much larger than those of the potted plants, so they can support a larger above-ground plant.

I have found that the size of the pot influences the size of the plant. When we receive plants from Chamblees Roses, there are often 2-4 rooted cuttings in each gallon pot. We often separate those rooted cuttings and pot them up, preferably in 5 gallon pots. Sometimes we don't have enough 5 gallon pots to accommodate all the rooted cuttings, so have to use smaller pots (1 to 3 gallons). We keep these potted plants in our greenhouse from October until March. The plants sizing in 5 gallon pots with a given variety are always larger than those in smaller pots with the same variety.

Our experience suggests that plants growing in the open garden grow faster than those in pots; and that plants in larger pots grow faster than those in smaller pots.

Hi John rotor and mad! Thanks for all the advice I am digging up some of these now and putting them up they seem to be doing okay and their new pots although the roots were extremely tiny on most of them. However I don't think they would put on much growth give him the density of the soil so since they have roots I just put them in my regular mix. I'm leaving some in the ground for a bit longer. I just really don't think knowing how small the roots are that they would survive over the winter. John that is wonderful information. I also find my plants do so much better in the ground. However, I have better luck if I put my plants up a little at a time. Even with the very well draining mix I sometimes find too much pot can let the medium stay too damp and suffocate The Roots. But I agree in general the bigger the pot the better! You have some beautiful varieties I'd like to trade but I'm not sure you could receive mine if you are in California. :-( I'll keep updating this little experiment!

I have successfully rooted cuttings in the ground under mason jars. These were cuttings taken in the late fall. I let them grow for over a year, then transplanted them to their permanent garden locations. I did anchor the jars with short bamboo stakes to slow down the rabbits. I think I had close to 100% success.