Monday, February 26, 2018

Roses in the fall/Rose rustling

Along with blooming in the spring and summer there are roses that are still pushing out blooms in the fall when other plants are getting ready for the winter. 
If you want to go rose rustling  and want repeat blooming roses, the fall is the best time. And to rustle roses is essentially to collect cuttings of roses from neighborhoods, (getting permission from home owners first) and abandoned roses. After collecting the cuttings you can root them and study them. It is common to give found roses study names and put double quotes around it. For example: "Malespina Red China". A rose that is known and had the given name goes with single quotes. I.e. 'La Reine'. 
Here are a few pictures of fall roses and roses that are around due to rustling.




The study name could be something like "Liam House Red"



Hips are also a fall bonus. See upper left for a hip.







The red one is the rustled rose

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