How can I preserve rose clippings until it's time to plant them?

I think you can store them in just barely damp vermiculite. I can double check on that if you’d like. I have a pretty good garden library at home.

@Anatelostaxus, why don’t you just leave them in the water? If you’ve propagated them and kept them this long, I think you should just keep doing what you are doing until it is the season to plant them.

Are these stem cuttings that have roots or simply naked twigs?

I think the water will keep them. Plant in April

Hey !@Adirondackwannabe I’d like that very much ;-) of course if the result would be any other pearl from the green book.. even more. but I trust your already already made statement. checking into it now

@bkcunningham Perhaps, yes. Tend to agree. Although they haven’t actually been propagated in this manner yet.
Which brings me to:

@gailcalled simply naked twigs. hmf.. lame, ey? too early to do anything?

@jazmina88 I think the water might be good as well. But in April? just today an egregious old lady claimed September as “The” month.
But I am eager.. so..

With all of your recent gardening questions @Anatelostaxus, I’d say you need to head to the library and read some books on propagating.

Also, I think you’d like this documentary, A Man Named Pearl I recall you’re not in the USA, you can buy/rent the DVD of this if you don’t have HGTV.

The gist of the film and of Pearl’s wisdom: Plant things in the ground. They want to grow.

man, when I first read this question I thought it said, “nose clippings.”