Hallo, wie der Titel schon sagt, stammt diese Rose aus einem Blumenstrauß von der Beerdigung meiner Oma. Sie liebte Rosa. Dies war das, was mir gegeben wurde. Ich weiß, dass der Stängel direkt unter der Blüte biegsam und schwach ist, aber der Rest des Stängels sieht stark aus, zumindest soweit ich weiß.
Ich bin kein Florist oder Pflanzenexperte, aber ich habe (einfache) Pflanzen mit Wasser vermehrt und bin lernwillig und begierig. Ich würde diese Rose gerne aufstellen, damit meine Familie, wenn sie mich besucht, sehen kann, dass ein Stück Oma noch bei uns ist.
Zusätzlicher Kontext: Blumenkamera aus Indiana, ich lebe in Michigan, hier ist es kalt, also muss alles, was passieren muss, in den nächsten Monaten drinnen passieren.
Kann ich irgendetwas tun? Jeder Rat ist willkommen 🩷
Von: weedxcandy
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Cut off the bloom and sink the cutting into deep soil only an inch out of the soil to prevent it drying out. I’ve had excellent success doing this.
My grandma used to propagate roses from wedding bouquets. If she had a dozen maybe 10 would take but she had an insane green thumb. Cut the flower head off, cut the bottom end of the stem at a sharp angle with a sharp pair of scissors cleaned with rubbing alcohol. Dip it in rooting hormone and stick in a potato.
My grandma used to give the roses that took to the married coupe when they bought their first house. So I know it worked sometimes?
You could press the flower between some paper and heavy books, put a few sheets of paper on each side (10 or more) and then put heavy books on top (make sure it has a flat surface on the bottom).
Leave it there for a few weeks, when you come back to it it should be fully dry and flat and last ages, but they do discolour after while.
Cut off the bloom at the top node and save it by pressing like another commenter suggested. Cut the bottom at an angle and dip it in rooting hormone. In a 3-4” nursery pot, bury the stem past the bottom node in 50/50 perlite/vermiculite. Water thoroughly and put a plastic bag over the top like a dome to trap humidity. Place in a warm, bright spot and hopefully you will get new growth in a couple weeks, and even more hopefully, roots grow. New growth doesn’t mean root growth, so you need to be patient and keep the medium moist for 4-8 weeks until you see roots poking from the bottom of the nursery pot. Then you have an own-root propagation.
You could try for roots in soil (recommend a rooting powder as well) or you could hang it upside down to dry out, I do this with memorable flowers
I’ve never gotten roses to prop, but I would cut the bloom off and hang it to dry in a dry, dark place – this will preserve the color and shape and, once dry, you can put it in a jar or something to display. I’ve had a rose in full bloom that I dried this way and it’s lasted years and looks lovely still (it’s in a partially burned cream candle in a glass jar with a lid so it doesn’t get dusty, I just have to wipe the jar off occasionally).
There have been a lot of great suggestion for propping the stem, I’m sure one of them will work.
r/roses has some very helpful folks that can give specific advice! I grow mostly floribunda roses and a few climbers so I’m not as familiar with florist roses, I know they require special environments usually.
My condolences about your grandmother, it’s wonderful that you want to try and grow a memory for her! If for any reason the prop doesn’t work, you can still always plant a pink rose bush in her honor.
How many nodes are there? I only see 1, which isn’t great, but I might be missing some.
I’d try chip budding, which is basically bodging just the bud into another plant – you can find some tutorials online.