OMG Need help from rose growers...

[willowmelangell]

My lovely DD sent me a bouquet on Mothers Day, 31st March.
Very nice. In time they died. I took the vase out by my compost intending to, well, compost.
I must have been distracted as I just re- found the vase.
I went to compost them, BUT I saw small leaves and signs of buds/growth on a few of the stems.
I've never heard of this before!
What do I do?
I panicked and threw in half a pint of water.
HELP!

Oh, bonus hopefully!

I don't know, but if you google 'rooting roses in water' there are quite a few hits, which suggests it is a thing, and maybe they will have useful advice.

You just got yourself some free roses. Google cuttings.

Cut each rose down to just above the shooting bud. Dip the bottom in rooting powder and bury justnover the first bud that is nor shooting. Don’t use too rich a compost. Keep damp the roots will emerge from the bud. I scrape of some outer covering just below the bud, some crack the stem at this point some don’t do any. Hope this helps

Thank you! I will try the advice.

Years ago, I think it was Geoff Hamilton who said stick the end of the Rose cutting into a raw potato before planting it. Apparently the potato helps the root structure.
I’ve never tried it, although it sounds whacky, it might work.

@Beebumble2 intriguing! I'll look that up. Thank you.