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Re:rose starts

Amy,

>if you use "willow water" (putting Salix -- does it have to be a
>particular species?) in a jar of water, do you attempt to root the rose
>in WATER as opposed to peat/perlite, or do you try to water the rose in
>peat/perlite with water from a jar in which a Salix branch has been
>sitting?

I have yet to use "Willow Water" as I had just discovered this information
The Texas Rose Rustlers states that using "current year's growth from
any Salix species". This Willow Water is a 'tea' that the rose cuttings
sit in overnight. Then continue in the usual manner. 

I thought this to be helpful and E-mailed my father who also cares for 
old roses and he said that he used to try this before he left home, ( that
would be about 1956) and found it worked quite well. 

Carleen
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