If you can find purple roses, they make a stunning garden feature.For a deep purple shade, try to get a cultivars such as the 'Midnight Blue Rose' or 'Ebb Tide'.You'll want to grow 'Blue Moon' or 'Intermezzo' for a lighter lavender or lilac shade.This article will show you how to grow, breed and cross-pollinate purple roses.You can see Step 1 below.
Step 1: A purple rose can be obtained from a florist.
The easiest way to grow purple roses is to get a parent purple rose and use it to make more plants.You need to find a florist who can give you a fresh purple rose.If you are lucky, you may be able to get this rose to grow into a plant.
Step 2: The stem needs to be trimmed for freshness.
When the rose is freshly picked, it's best to plant a cut rose.It's a good idea to trim off the last inch and a half of the stem of a cut rose.The rose has a cut surface.The cut should be made at a 45 degree angle with a clean sharp blade.
Step 3: You can make a cutting from a purple bush rose.
If you know someone who grows purple roses, you can request to make a cutting from their plant in order to grow your own purple rose bush.To cut from an existing plant, take 8 inches of healthy green growth in the late summer or fall and cut at a 45 degree angle.
Step 4: Encourage the rose to grow.
Remove the leaves and dip the end of the stem into a rooting compound after you have obtained your rose.1/3 of the stem should be inserted into a cutting compost mix.
Step 5: Keep the cutting away from the sun.
It will take about a year for the cutting to develop enough root growth to replant elsewhere.
Step 6: You should plant more than you need.
Not all cuttings will take.Always plant more than you need.Gardeners can usually count on between a third and a half of the plants being viable.
Step 7: Growing purple roses from seed can be difficult.
It is possible to grow purple roses from seed, but it takes a long time to get new plants.Even if the roses grow hips, they aren't always fertile.It's possible to get very disappointing results when growing from seed, as the child may not match the parent and the new plant might not grow purple flowers.If you want to grow purple roses from seed, there are some things you should know.
Step 8: Allow your rose bush to grow hips.
If you want your purple rose plant to develop rose hips, avoid deadheading it after the growing season.Wait about 4 months after the hips emerge to harvest them.The seeds should be ready for planting.
Step 9: The seeds should be prepared for planting.
Tweezers are useful for picking out the seeds after cutting the hips in half.After rinsing the seeds in a cup of water, add a dash of bleach and soak them overnight.If you want to remove the remaining hip pulp, you need to use a brush.
Step 10: The purple rose seeds can be planted in a moist compost.
Once the seeds are ready, scatter them over moist compost, cover with a clear plastic bag, and place in the refrigerator for about 10 weeks.If the plants are a disappointment or fail to grow, sow far more seeds than you need.
Step 11: The necessary materials should be gathered.
You can grow new roses out of potatoes.A potato, some rooting compound, a small pot of cutting compost and a fresh cutting from a purple rose plant are all you need.
Step 12: Prepare the rose cutting.
A clean blade can be used to cut 8 inches (20.3 cm) off a green rose shoot.Remove dead leaves and flowers.
Step 13: The cutting needs to be inserted into the potato.
Put the end of the cutting into the rooting compound.To avoid straining the rose stem as you drive it into the potato, you may need to make a hole in it first.The stem of the potato can be cut from the pot of cutting compost.
Step 14: Cut until roots develop.
Keep the pot away from the sun until the roots start to grow.If you want to make a mini greenhouse, cover the plant with a transparent cloche or cut the top off a clear plastic soda bottle.
Step 15: Don't let the soil dry out.
The cutting needs to be watered to keep the soil moist.It will take about a year for root growth to be developed.
Step 16: It's difficult to cross-breed roses.
It is not for the faint-hearted to cross-breed rose bushes.It can take many thousands of attempts over many years to get a new variety, so it may be best left to commercial nurseries that have huge resources at their disposal.
Step 17: Cross-pollinate two plants that are related.
You will need to cross-pollinate two plants if you want to create a new variety of purple roses.This means taking the pollen from one rose plant and applying it to the stigma of another plant in the hope that the two plants will breed together to create a hybrid with some of the parents' preferred characteristics.
Step 18: In the late spring, try to cross-pollinate the roses.
The time to cross-pollinate roses is late spring.It should be done on a cloudy day.You can try crossing two plants.
Step 19: The cross-pollination process is explained.
If you want to bear the seed of the new hybrid, remove the petals from the flower.The plant can self-pollinate if the anthers are not removed.Remove the pollen from one parent and apply it to the stigma of the other.It's a good idea to label the flower you just pollinated with details of which plant it is crossed with and the date for your future reference.
Step 20: Wait for the hips to develop before planting the seeds.
Wait for the hips to develop on your rose bush.The method in Method 2 above is used to harvest the seeds after four months.These seeds will turn into purple roses if you are lucky.