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🌹 How to Grow Roses from Cuttings: A Simple Guide to Propagating Your Favorite Blooms
There’s something magical about roses — their fragrance, their beauty, and their timeless charm in any garden. But did you know you can grow new rose bushes from the ones you already love, right in your own backyard? That’s right — propagating roses from cuttings is a simple, cost-effective way to multiply your blooms and preserve your favorite varieties.
Even if you’re new to gardening, this step-by-step guide will help you root and grow roses successfully — no green thumb required.
🌱 Why Grow Roses from Cuttings?
- It’s budget-friendly: No need to buy new plants — grow more from what you already have.
- You’ll preserve your favorite rose types: Especially helpful for heirloom or sentimental varieties.
- It’s deeply rewarding: Watching a cutting take root and thrive is one of gardening’s greatest joys.
✂️ What You’ll Need:
- Healthy rose bush
- Sharp, clean pruning shears
- Rooting hormone (optional but recommended)
- Small pots or a garden bed
- Potting mix or a mix of sand and peat moss
- A plastic bag or clear plastic bottle (to create a mini greenhouse)
- Watering can or spray bottle
🪴 Step-by-Step: How to Grow Roses from Cuttings
1. Choose Your Cutting
Pick a healthy stem that has just finished blooming. It should be green, firm, and about 6–8 inches long with at least 3 leaf nodes.
2. Make the Cut
Using clean shears, cut the stem just below a leaf node (the spot where a leaf joins the stem). Remove any flowers and lower leaves, leaving just the top two sets of leaves.
3. Dip in Rooting Hormone (Optional)
Dip the cut end into rooting hormone to encourage faster, stronger root development.
4. Plant the Cutting
Place the cutting into moist potting mix or a mix of sand and peat moss. Bury at least 2–3 inches of the stem. Gently press the soil around it to secure.
