Propagating your own
New Rose Bushes
The following articles will provide assistance in
growing roses from cuttings and budding roses, rewarding ways of
creating new plants. Often, many of the roses you
see at Rose Shows are unavailable commercially and
can only be grown through cuttings or "budding".
Articles
Producing Roses from Cuttings by Kelvin Trimper,
President, Rose Society of South Australia. Kelvin
talks about the timing, preparing and growing of
cuttings to produce free new plants.
Budding Hints for Beginners
by PB Edwards, 1964. Reprinted from The
Australian Rose Annual. A step-by-step guide to
budding onto rootstock.
Root
Grafting
By Dao Mai, Sydney. A novel approach to growing
cuttings by grafting to roots.
Download
Rose Propagation for
Home Gardeners download Dao Mai's entire book
(5.41Mb in PDF format) This is an Australian guide
and includes three types of budding and planting
cuttings.
Growing Roses by Tissue Culture (Cloning) -
CSIRO Lesson worksheet from
www.biotechnologyonline.gov.au with step by step
instructions on growing roses and other plants by
tissue culture.
Website Links
to Propagating Articles
(also see Links
page)
Propagating Roses by Air-Layering
by Leonora Tsukayama, East Hawaii Rose Society
Layering For Easy Propagation by Gail Barnett,
ARS
Propagating Roses From Cuttings by Dr Malcolm
Manners
Propagating Roses by Rooted Cuttings by Kitty
Belendez, Santa Clarita Valley Rose Society
Propagating Roses through Root Cuttings by Randy
Hughes and David Zlesa, ARS
Plant Breeders Rights (PBR) - How does is impact
your personal propagating?
PBR is a form of patent protection that grants the
rose breeder control of the propagating material
(including seed, cuttings, divisions, tissue
culture) and harvested material (cut flowers, fruit,
foliage) of a new variety for twenty (20) years.
Please note that you cannot propagate via cuttings,
budding etc.. a rose that has been granted PBR and
then give it or sell it to another person.
Out of respect for hybridizers who spend years
creating wonderful new roses, we would suggest that
no propagating should be done of PBR plants by the
methods described on this page. However, as seed and
pollen parents for hybridizing future roses, they
are an essential element.
From a legal perspective regarding the reproducing
roses for your own personal use:
"There are exceptions to the extent of the monopoly
offered by PBR.
For example, it does not prevent others using your
variety for:
• private and non-commercial purposes;
• experimental purposes; or
• breeding other plant varieties."
The Plant Breeder's Rights Application Kit, IP
Australia, Australian Government
PBR Database Search
