PEGGING DOWN - A very effective way to increase flower production on Bonbon & Hybrid Perpetual roses that send up long shoots with oily flowers on the end. It is a time consuming method but well worth the display.
Start pegging down runners on healthy plants from which you want to propagate. This is best left until after fruiting so that the prospective parent plants can be assessed.
Insert this firmly into a sandy sterilising mix in a cool shaded frame and keep moist. The plant can be divided in early spring, or it can be allowed to layer by pegging down its shoots in spring and detaching them in the following season.
 See also: Water, Plant, Pegging, Spring, Seed
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