Question about garden roses, very silly!!!

[RiojaLover75]

OK my husband thinks that if you cut the stalk of a rose bush/tree that's gone a bit mad and grown too tall and spindly you can just plant the cut end and it'll grow a root and carry on growing.

I fell about laughing when he suggested it BUT thought I should ask about it before the plant gets removed and composted.

Any ideas??

You can take cuttings of roses - never tried it myself. No harm in trying, is there?

you can, but it'll work much better if you
a) put it in a pot of potting compost rather than the ground and
b) dip the cutting in hormone rooting powder (Homebase, B&Q etc) first
c) do lots (5 or 6) to allow for failure.

mad straggly roses can be revitalised by a seriously major prune but I am no expert - have a google if you want to save the original plant.

Had a row of sad roses last year. Mad, spindly, afflicted with mites/aphids, something rusty-looking. Didn't flower properly (though had before) and were v manky. They've been there for year from previous owner and I was in two minds about rescuing them as they're in a stupid place. Pruned them all very hard (down to the soil in some cases) thinking if I killed them it wouldn't matter much and this year all are flourishing and flowering and I'm glad I did it. Much better flowers than before too.

You can try as MrsBadger says, good luck, with some cuttings and try the hard prune too.

Thankyou ladies, I will try the cuttings and if no joy then just prune it to within an inch of its life!