posted 8 years ago
The best time for rooting is spring, right after the first blooming but, if you have a green house or similar, you can do cuttings as long as the canes are still producing new growth.
Redhawk
I used to grow show roses. In my beds there were maybe 30 bushes out of approximately 1000 that were grafted specimens. All the rest were from cuttings and I had most of the cultivars at the time, taken from friends beds as cuttings, rooted and then planted out.
Here in the south, the biggest issue with roses are blackspot and powdery mildew, I used sprays made of vinegar and herbs to combat these with great success and no poisons.
I never did worse than second place in every category I entered in any show, over the five years I did show roses.
Redhawk