How can I cross roses?

What do you need to cross roses and how do you do it? a florist told me it is called "Cross" combining two roses for a deeper color. THanks

How can I cross roses?
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Reply:Very carefully! You take the pollen from one rose and add it to the pollen receptors of the other rose. Then harvest the seeds and plant them.





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Reply:First of all, do you have roses at the present time? If you do, find the strongest (bigger) main bolt/stock on the rose bush you would like to improve on. Then find the rose bush you wish to blend with. I usually took the red roses bush and made it the host. It means what ever you are going to cross with, that is the bush that will serve as the recipient of the implant. Find a button on the host stock, cut a "V" right on the button, angling it so if you place a toothpick in it it will stick out in an angle, and deep enough, (about an inch) so you can place the implant in that cut. Next go to the donor rose bush, and find a single branch, new and green. Cut it, so above the cut you have at least three buttons. The bottom of the implant should be cut to match the cut on the host stock. Be sure to have on hand tree seal paint, not just tree paint but what we use to seal the rose bushes when we cut the branches or trim the entire bush. Also have some of the green tape the florists use for their work. Insert the implant in the "V" cut on the host stock, seal the implant in, and finish by taping the branch and the wound together. Be advised, sometimes it works and others don't. That is why I always did about three implants of the same, just to get one good one. Another way is to buy the Red Rose bush, follow the same steps above but before you do that, trim all the other branches close to the main stok, seal them and then do you thing. All the sap from the main stock will flow toward you implant and hopefully will take. Not all implants are successfull, just like in hospitals, the body sometimes do not accept implants, skin, organs, extremities, etc. Just make sure when you make the cut on the host stock, you can see the core of the branch.


While I lived in Yuma, Az. I did multiple crosses. What I came up with is as follows: Red Rose stock with white implant, got a white rose with pinkish petals tips, next year it came out pink rose with red petal tips. I also crossed Red Rose stock with a "Blue Boy" rose. The first year, it came out blue, but the next year, I had the most incredible purple looking rose you have ever laid eyes on.


One of the main reasons I used Red Roses as the host stock is because they are thye original color of roses, and the strongest.


Any way, good luck with your crossings/implants.





PS Take pictures, you'll probably will come up with some incredible looking roses.
Reply:Look into books on grafting. Look into how to books that will show you the proper ways to graft two different plants.