Expert Advice for your Lawn & Garden TV Host of Today's Homeowner® and home expert for The Weather ChannelVideo, Lawn and Garden, Flowers Published 10/02/2006 by Danny Lipford
Roses that you purchase at a nursery are grafted onto rootstock. They’re sold that way so that they’ll grow faster and bloom more quickly. To avoid suckers that form from rootstock take your own cutting from year old stems of your favorite roses in autumn. Identify a stem that is about the thickness of a pencil and about 6′ long. Trim back the stem to a bud on each end then push the stem into a pot of soil or directly into soil in your garden (be sure it’s sheltered). Within the year, they should be strong enough to transplant to their final growing spot.
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