Cut the rose stem at an angle just below a leaf node. Remove the lower leaves, only leaving the top ones. Fill a glass jar with water and place cuttings in it. Change the water once a week. New leaves will begin to sprout after about two weeks. Roots will begin to grow after about a month to 6 weeks.

Choose a stem or stems between a withered bloom and the rose's woody base. One stem will make several cuttings. Remove the bloom and stem tip. Cut at a 45-degree angle, right above the first set of leaves at the top and again above the last set of leaves at the stem's bottom. Put cut stems in water immediately.

Stick the stem cuttings about 2" into a pot of garden soil. Keep in shade to partial sun until new shoots have sprouted from the buds, and then move the growing cuttings into sun. Your roses may have its first bloom in about 6 months from placing into soil.

Take your cut rose or hydrangea stem when the bloom is starting to fade but the stem is still green, cut off the blossom and cut the stem at an angle below a leaf node. If it’s a long-stemmed rose, you can cut it in two or more places below leaf nodes, creating two or more potential plants.