I don’t feel like hunting through books or websites atm, so will ask here.

Is there a general rule of them about what kinds of cuttings strike better at certain times of the year?

As I was walking, admiring plants and gardens, I realised that a lot of the lovely things in flower I will have to wait to strike. When it comes to pruning I’m pretty sure that the idea is to wait till flowering is over. Is it the same for flowering?

And if I have a rampant climbing rose that’s getting away and needs hacking back, is it worth whacking a pruning or two in a pot?

what about a deciduous, possibly ornamental (can’t see any fruit yet, has barely finished flowering) plum or similar?

yes/ yes and YES ?

Yeehah said:

Is there a general rule of them about what kinds of cuttings strike better at certain times of the year?

experience says to me that one should take a cutting in respect of what I anticipate the next move is for the plant. If I believe the plant to be dormant and soon, buds will form and swell and new growth will appear then I would tend towards a woodier cutting. If I felt that the plant was actively growing and putting on extra layers and trying to get up into the sun then I would try newer growth.

There are always exceptions to every rule however.

My favourite cutting for propagation is the heel cutting, its kinda like taking an each way bet.

pain master said:

Yeehah said:

Is there a general rule of them about what kinds of cuttings strike better at certain times of the year?

experience says to me that one should take a cutting in respect of what I anticipate the next move is for the plant. If I believe the plant to be dormant and soon, buds will form and swell and new growth will appear then I would tend towards a woodier cutting. If I felt that the plant was actively growing and putting on extra layers and trying to get up into the sun then I would try newer growth.

There are always exceptions to every rule however.

My favourite cutting for propagation is the heel cutting, its kinda like taking an each way bet.

I tend to use a modified version of heel cuttings and turn a whole branch into tip cuttings (of growing evergreens) As for Roses.. Success rates fall off in green tip cuttings by comparison to hardwood cuttings taken in winter. Natives absolutely love growing from green tip cuttings but Roses would prefer not to be in Australia if only they could get out of the place.

Roses would prefer not to be in Australia if only they could get out of the place.

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Oi they love Thee’s Estate !!!

Thee said:

Roses would prefer not to be in Australia if only they could get out of the place.

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Oi they love Thee’s Estate !!!

:) so do the aphids the scale the black spot or rather, everything that roses are attacked by too.

roughbarked said:

Thee said:

Roses would prefer not to be in Australia if only they could get out of the place.

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Oi they love Thee’s Estate !!!

:) so do the aphids the scale the black spot or rather, everything that roses are attacked by too.

Ummm well it is part and parcel of Mother Nature lol, keeps me outa mischief :)

The perfume is out of this world ATM , Lorraine Lee and Wissy Ahhhh heaven

:)

I was simply saying that roses do prefer to be treated like they are roses .. ie: from another climate. Green tip cuttings may work in parts of Australia(or in an artificial environment) but in general take hardwood cuttings from mature wood and plant in winter.

I dont bother with cuttings, and too lazy / lack of spare time to graft also _sighs when I retire I have so many things I want to do !

Thee said:

I dont bother with cuttings, and too lazy / lack of spare time to graft also _sighs when I retire I have so many things I want to do !

:)

I’m semi retired due to lack of work. If you are going to graft.. the main purpose would be to graft onto briar rootstock or onto a standard .. which means that if planting cuttings, they would be of briar rootstock. ;) or indeed onto a dwarfing rootstock. Otherwise it would be of things like minature roses.

One other purpose of grafting would be to have multicolour rosebushes

roughbarked said:

Thee said:

I dont bother with cuttings, and too lazy / lack of spare time to graft also _sighs when I retire I have so many things I want to do !

:)

I’m semi retired due to lack of work. If you are going to graft.. the main purpose would be to graft onto briar rootstock or onto a standard .. which means that if planting cuttings, they would be of briar rootstock. ;) or indeed onto a dwarfing rootstock. Otherwise it would be of things like minature roses.

One other purpose of grafting would be to have multicolour rosebushes

I already have an endless supply of graft stock growing in the form of a standard rose lol, it reverted back to root stock lol, and I have been to two rose grafting days at the Springvale Crematorium :)

Thee said:

roughbarked said:

Thee said:

Roses would prefer not to be in Australia if only they could get out of the place.

………………………………

Oi they love Thee’s Estate !!!

:) so do the aphids the scale the black spot or rather, everything that roses are attacked by too.

Ummm well it is part and parcel of Mother Nature lol, keeps me outa mischief :)

The perfume is out of this world ATM , Lorraine Lee and Wissy Ahhhh heaven

knock out ! – absolutely stunning thee.

thanks Pepe :)

Thee said:

roughbarked said:

Thee said:

I dont bother with cuttings, and too lazy / lack of spare time to graft also _sighs when I retire I have so many things I want to do !

:)

I’m semi retired due to lack of work. If you are going to graft.. the main purpose would be to graft onto briar rootstock or onto a standard .. which means that if planting cuttings, they would be of briar rootstock. ;) or indeed onto a dwarfing rootstock. Otherwise it would be of things like minature roses.

One other purpose of grafting would be to have multicolour rosebushes

I already have an endless supply of graft stock growing in the form of a standard rose lol, it reverted back to root stock lol, and I have been to two rose grafting days at the Springvale Crematorium :)

The missus of one of my ex-bosses showed me her rose pruning..! .. I said hmm.. you have cut the grafted part off your standards.. and promptly budded the one she hadn’t pruned.. back onto the two that she had.. told her the story.. and she didn’t have to go buy new roses.

If you have a heap of shoots on the rootstock of a similarly deceased graft on a standard.. then you may choose to bud several of them to different roses and make cuttings of some of the others to use as grafted replacements .. or for future planned beds.

If you have a heap of shoots on the rootstock of a similarly deceased graft on a standard.. then you may choose to bud several of them to different roses and make cuttings of some of the others to use as grafted replacements .. or for future planned beds

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not planning anymore, unless of course I move to a new vacant block lol. as the odd one is shovel pruned for lack of performance they are not being replaced lol

Thee said:

Oh wow. I should print this photo out and show it to my wisterias.. :D

love Lorraine Lee, thanks Thee :)

bon008 said:

Thee said:

Oh wow. I should print this photo out and show it to my wisterias.. :D

me too!!!