@Reluctant_Gardener that's interesting and may help me and others with the experiment, as I personally have struggled with where to take the cutting on the plant for optimum chance of rooting. So you say the node was above the water? By that I assume no nodes under the water line?
Grandson grew three coleus at school last autumn gave them to me I now have a superb collection of them all cuttings and snapped off bits root very quickly in water. Also root strobilanthes Persian shield in water much better than in soil
I just break bits off and dunk them in a jar of water . a jar of water is my first go to for rooting most things from herbs to shrubs lavender does work very well in water
@Reluctant_Gardener that's interesting and may help me and others with the experiment, as I personally have struggled with where to take the cutting on the plant for optimum chance of rooting. So you say the node was above the water? By that I assume no nodes under the water line?
No. There were nodes below the water. The submerged roots may have rooted and rotted as I'd hoped the whole stems would but the node above the water rooted down to the water and the top nodes leafed.
I bought a Seneccio Angel's Wings late in the season because it had furry leaves. I thought that the winter weather would spoil it so kept it indoors. When a couple of leaves were accidentally broken I took them off and put them in a glass of water. They were lovely. When the water had gone rather murky I decided it was time to bin them. On taking them out of the water, much of the murkiness was roots so I potted them up an they thrived. They are quite happy to live outside all year and are so easy to propagate.
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