Can you propagate roses from the stems in a bouquet or from the florist?
I know you can propagate from cuttings, but does that extend to say, roses I get at the florist? I found a few beautifully colored roses and was wondering if I could get them to grow into plants with a rooting hormone.
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Hi. I wouldn’t think that would be possible because you just don’t know how long it’s been since they were cut, but it doesn’t hurt to try!
Yes you can if the foliage is not dehydrated or has any sign of disease ( Use a rooting hormone for shrubs and woody plants)
No, no, no. This will not work for two reasons.
1 - The stem has been cut from the parent plant for too long.
2 - The flower stem is not the part of the plant that is used for a rooted cutting.
If you want to root a cutting from a rose bush, you would use the soft new growth that the plant puts out in the spring and summer. You would not use a flower stem.