Where do you live and what is the zone? What roses are you considering?

I live in Missouri zone 6a. Earth Song, Rainbow Sorbet, Easy Does It, and Cherry Parfait are the roses I want to take cuttings of. I'm going to be moving and I want to take my roses with me. They are very well established plants - they've been here for several years. I think the root systems are probably too massive for me to dig up and have them survive the process.

Deanna

I'll leave it to you to see if any of those are under patent, but i have had great luck moving large fully established roses. It would depend on numerous factors, however. Yes, just cut off the hips. My best results have been with a free flowing medium with zero cover which I water daily if it doesn't rain. I keep them slightly shaded initially unless we're in an extended period of rain in which case i move them to full light. Take many cuttings to assure some will take. My biggest issue has been overwintering as opposed to getting roots. Earth Song should be an easy one and I know that one is not under patent. We are extremely humid and rainy here so probably similar conditions. Start now as heat helps them root immensely.

Gardenfanatic: I have humid weather & high rain. If you scroll WAY down the below thread, you'll see the pics. of roses I rooted outside in open-air, in 2 months, plus the details:

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5832907/state-of-these-cuttings#n=31

Patent expires after 20 years of being bred & legal to root. Right now the FASTEST rooting is done outside with 1/3 peatmoss, 1/3 coarse sand, 1/3 vermiculite, plus A GLASS DOME on top for the first month, then I take the GLASS DOME OFF. Below is rooting of a wimpy rose, finally succeeded in rooting this one after 5 years of failure. See the right cane with zero leaves, that's what happened with heavy rain .. rootings drop all leaves. A glass dome is a must to protect wimpy roses that drop their leaves when it rains (like my Yves seedling). Some rootings can take heavy rain, others cannot.

I have better luck rooting in those narrow & tall band 90% opened at bottom) ... such as what Burlington Nursery uses ... than the round-gallon-pot from Roses Unlimited with only 4 holes at the size and one-hole at bottom, then I have to use a drill to drill more holes. So I put such skinny band inside a pot. Below is a tiny cutting (sent by a friend) growing new leaves in less than a month. I threw away all my plastic-pop-coverings since I find that glass-mason-jar works better (cooler plus allow more light in for fast leaf-growth). Also rooting works better if it's BIG AND THICK BRANCH (at least 1 foot long) ... rather than tiny cuttings like below: