Hey my Dad loved roses too. He used to gripe at people who grew flowers and say you can’t eat flowers. But he loved his roses. He gave me three cuttings of 3 he had. and they have been going string at our house for 31 years. Two of them were at the house he bought in 1950, and one he stole from the rental house they were in before they moved in 1950. He said it was along the fence and being neglected. It was his favorite. Years ago I tried to identify it and sent picture off to rose experts. It was told it is Amelia Damask and goes back quite a ways. Thorny as hell, wicked long thorns. But the sweetest smelling rose I have ever smelled. Kind of a medium pink color. The other 2 roses are a climber seven sisters and a rosa rugosa that got as big as a VW beetle, it got a severe haircut this spring.
Regarding the rose cuttings, I have unsuccessfully tried 3 times this year to get my cuttings to take. I want to propagate knockoff roses. I found something on the net and followed the instructions to the tee but no luck.
Here is what I did.
Cut fresh stem just after flowering, 6 inches long. Make sure there are 3 leaf nodes on it, cut a slit on the bottom and dip in rooting powder. I put them in old water bottle bottoms and put them on the shelf of our sun room for indirect/bright sun.
Any help would be MUCH appreciated.
There are a number of flowers that are edible. We have three Rosa Rugosa that I planted for the big rose hips.
If I had my way, I’d have a whole fence around the place made up of Rosa Rugosa. That would make it hard for critters to get through. LOL