Rose advice please!

[Nicos]

I'm a bit of a newbie to this, but fancied having a bash........

One of my friends has just moved house and my OH had commented that he really liked a couple of her climbing roses and asked if we could take some cuttings.

so, we have a bucket full of clippings- all about 18" long with clumps of flowers at the end.
Never done this before- so are there any tips please?
I know I need to cut off the flowers , but where is the best place to cut the stems...what compost/soil to put them into...I'm naturally going to do a bit of a goooooogle but would prefer expert advice from someone on here who has had success with them!

so...fire away please ! .....
and wish me luck!.....

[Thelma Sanders]

Take the flowers off, cut just below a leaf at the bottom and remove the bottom leaves. Make a deep slit in the soil with a spade and poke the stems down to the bottom. If you've got bit of rooting powder you could also dip the bottoms in that as well, anything to help
In your climate somewhere shady would probably help, but keep them moist rather than soggy, if poss.
They probably wont show signs of growth until next spring, but I wouldn't try to move them to their final places until next autumn. Good luck.

[Containergardener]

I'm not sure re the cutting , you'll find that on web .
A friend shoves them into a designated bed in her garden (rows of cuttings) to grow on.
I have read you can root them into a potato also. Shove stem in and plant into the ground.

I've never tried roses but I should try really as I like taking cuttings of everything else

[Scarlet]

I did as per Thelma's advice a couple of years ago for my rose cuttings and they took really well. This year I tried some soft wood cuttings from my climbers (I've take cuttings from loads of plants using different methods this year as I had some trouble with a few plants last year - sambuccas mainly) and stuck them in a pot with a plastic bag over. I did read however that most climbers are grafted so don't expect the same vigour on your clone.

[Thelma Sanders]

In America nearly all roses are grown on their own roots

http://www.highcountryroses.com/our-own-root-roses/