Propogating Climbing Rose

[faxxes]

Hello! I'm new here so apologies if these questions have been asked and answered in the past. When is the best time to cut a cane for propagation? Can I use rooting hormone to facilitate the process? Is there anything special I need to know/do?

Question #2 if I may....I have found that one climbing rose, growing through a tuteur thrives with little or no winter kill damage to the canes. However, another climber growing against a fence seems to die back quite a bit each year. That plant is about 8 or 9 years old. I have babied it along because it has had only one season in all these years when it bloomed and was breathtaking. I guess I just keep hoping for another such season. That rose was labeled 'America,' which is really all that I recall.

Any help will be most appreciated!
Faxxes in New England

[Newt]

Hi Faxxes,

No need to apologize. You can always do a search to see if your question has already been answered. Sometimes there are different nuiances to your question though and you still need to post. That's the whole idea of these forums. :)

As for your propagation questions, here's some helpful sites.
http://www.mc.edu/campus/users/nettl...Q_qa_propagate
http://faq.gardenweb.com/faq/roses/

You might find this helpful too. Pruning climbing roses:
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/rose_gardening/7429
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/rose_gardening/7430

Not sure what you are asking in Q. #2. I think you want to know why one does better then the other. If so, it could just be a hardier rose or one is in a location that isn't as sheltered as the other one. If they are the same rose, it could still be the location or genetics. One never knows for certain. With this site you can search to try and get more info on your rose 'America'. Put in whatever features you know.
http://www.everyrose.com/everyrose/roses/search.lasso

Once you have the full name you can search for more info at www.google.com

Hope this helps,
Newt