Panda was naming off the possibilities and came to Roses. Oh, how my eyes lit up when I realized how easy it is to get cuttings from rose bushes. (I became very interested in collecting heirloom climbing roses after reading a book about the people who would collect cuttings from any antique/heirloom rose they spotted or were offered- all as preservation method. I think they were called Rose ramblers..Not sure. The book is long gone).I must call up to Stan Hewett's Gardeners to inquire what one would do to get a few cuttings from their heirloom climbing roses...
On my thrift shop hopping today, I stopped off at the lumber store and walked out $8 later with all of this- 3 half sheets of bead board- perfect for the bathroom and saved us$40 by spending that $3!. 5 half Sheets of plywood because a woman can never have enough of that around...
And the mailman (who came as I was having a fit at the children who ignored the fact Frog was swamping up the kitchen and dining room with the water sprayer while I was putting clothes in the dryer...) delivered to our door the Hops we ordered from Fresh Hops in Philomath, Oregon. The one I am holding is a jumbo rhizome of Cascade. We got 2 of them, 2 regular size Magnum & 2 reg. size Centennial Rhizomes.
I have been observing the descriptions/prices at many different sites and this is the average price I found from people who specialize in Hops supply and Rhizomes. They look good to me and i see the new growth-the white "worms".So these babies should go in the ground a few weeks from now and my fruit trees/grapes will be here in 4 weeks! Spring really is coming soon!
Sweet Spring Dreams,
Tammie
4 comments:
Ah, spring! I am looking forward to that!
I forgot to put my daffodills out last fall so hope to put them out in the spring and have them at least grow green stuff over the summer.
I have three old roses if you would like cuttings - one is my great-grandfather's white rose, one is Norm's great-grandmother's yellow rose and one is a sprawling pink something or other (look at my picture of the chickadee the other day - he's sitting on one of the sprawling branches of that pink rose). Let me know if you would like to propagate them and tell me how to send them to you.
Blessings
My mother nips little bits of plants wherever she goes (worldwide!) roots them , sits back and waits to see what will happen...ATM her prize specimen is a strange looking geranium she brought back a snippet of from Turkey - it's three feet high now!
It's something I always do as well (and it's passed on to my son!) although Mum has more sucess than us - she says the best ones are always the ones you don't ask permission to take a bit of (which is probably her secret!)
It's lovely your sharing your skills with Panda!
xx
Fran/Maidmyown
Fran~ I must admit I do cheat a little. I use rooting hormone compound which is made from willow trees & sold in the store. The small container of powder will last a good 2 or 3 years and cost about $5. I always have the urge to snip a cutting but am afraid I would get in trouble/ "caught" when at the public gardens..I have seen some glorious climbing fat antique roses I drooled over and so badly had wanted to have a cutting.
A great site on how to do rose cuttings is here:
http://www.ars.org/About_Roses
/propagating-cuttings-hulse.html
Connie~ I would LOVe to have a few cuttings of such cherished heirloom roses.
Cuttings can be sent through the mail in plastic bags with a wet paper towel.In the site I listed, she tells how to take a cutting from the hardwood during colder months and from the greenwood during grow season. I hope that helps. I will send you a personal email with our mailing address. How exciting!
What a cool idea! My dad used to take snippets and root them. He once got a "hen and chicks" from the Thomas Edison laboratory and they grew like crazy until a neighbor boy mowed his lawn and ...
I wish I had some of my grandma's roses. Her favorites were her purple ones.
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