Taking cuttings is one of my favorite parts of gardening. I especially enjoy doing it in winter because it's easier for me to manage it. It's not difficult at all, and all you need is patience. If you have enough of it, you'll definitely be good at taking cuttings. Let me show you how I take hardwood cuttings using my rose plants. Last December, I took some cuttings to use pruned brunches.
What you'll need: A small pot filled with soil for cuttings, Pruned rose brunches, Rooting hormone (optional), A cutter or pruning shears
First, cut some rose brunches with a clean cutter.
Remove all the leaves from the brunches.
Dip the cut ends in rooting hormone.
Insert them into the soil you prepared.
Place the pot in a shaded area. Water the soil whenever the surface looks dry, but don’t touch the cuttings. I know you wonder how they grow roots, but you shouldn't pull them. Just leave them alone and trust the process. It takes a lots of patience.
The picture below shows some of the cuttings have started budding. Since I used branches from different varieties, I've written the rose names on the masking tapes. I even used different colored masking tapes.
As long as you keep watering when the soil dries, the buds will continue to grow. You can see leaves in the picture below.
Once the weather warms up, all the sudden leaves grow much larger.
Now, it's the time to pull them out from the soil. If the cuttings have enough-grown leaves, gently remove them from the soil. You'll find roots! You'll be amazed by the nature power. When you inserted the cuttings, they were just branches. After three to four months, you'll see they are alive! Isn't it amazing? I definitely think it's a nature magic.
Replant each of them to small pots.
I started with over twenty cuttings, and about 12 cuttings survived. It's not bad, but I guess I took too many cuttings.
Next time I'll try with fewer.
They are baby roses, so their growing speed is so fast. Some of them create buds, but you shouldn't let them bloom because they are still too young.
Next year, they'll be strong enough and ready to bloom beautiful flowers!
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