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Re: Roses cutting or grafting

The Heritage Roses nursery here in Oregon has been growing and selling
many varieties of roses on their own stock for years. They're beautiful,
grow just fine, and seem to be hardier and more disease-resistant than
grafted varieties. Last year, I took two cuttings from a neighbor's rose
bush and one from an old variety in my mother-in-law's yard. They're all
flushing out quite nicely and even bloomed last summer. Sure, they don't
have perfect tea-rose form, but I like them better.
:) Amy K.
Corvallis, OR



On Mon, 19 Jan 1998, Barry Gardner wrote:

> Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 11:24:10 +0800
> From: Barry Gardner <barryg@wantree.com.au>
> Reply-To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Roses  cutting or grafting
> Resent-Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 19:21:26 -0800
> Resent-From: seeds-list@eskimo.com
> 
> Hi
>    In Australia roses are grafted for a number of reasons, firstly I have
> yet to see a decent rose grown from a cutting, they take for ever to grow
> into a decent bush.
> 
>    We have two types of root stock Fortuniana for the sandy soils on the
> west coast and Briar for the heavy soils on the east coast, briar doesnt
> grow very well in sandy soils or visa versa, so from that alone, the growth
> is controlled by the roots.
> 
>   Even grown from seed ( for new varieties) would need to be grafted on to
> some type of root stock.
> 
>   I have been a contract Rose prunner for over 30 years and the top stock
> needs the root stock to throw water shoots to be able to prune correctly to
> keep the bush young and growing to flower properly. There is nothing worse
> than an old bush with old thick useless wood.
>  
>   
> 
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> 
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