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Plants that root in water

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  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    I pinched a sprig of white-flowered Potentilla from one of those unkempt municipal bits of urban planting, cut it into several sprigs, and it's rooted in no time.  Now I'm keeping my eye out for a yellow one.  I have a big fuchsia bush by the front door that I want to move to the other end of the border, where I'm trying to grow a fuchsia hedge.  I'll take loads of cuttings before I transplant it.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Still only gaura and penstemon here. Poked some fuchsia in soil and they're still alive. I wish I'd noted which they were😕 same goes for roses.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Try another one @Hexagon. Some take and some don't. I've no idea why.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • BloodyNoraBloodyNora Posts: 78
    I couldn't even get basil or thyme to root. Only bit of luck has been with Jasmine which did not root at all so stuck it into soil and it's thriving. 
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Fuchsias don’t take well in the hot weather, try some in September.
    September is best  really as they will need to be over wintered so smaller the better. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    Hexagon said:
    My penstemon has done absolutely nothing apart from the stem going a bit brown and yucky underwater.
    Nice one josusa. My next step is to start taking self-seeded weeds from cracks in the pavement. I'm sure I saw some buddleja the other day!

    I have two large buddleias beside my block-paved drive ......  If I potted up and grew on all the seedlings I pull out of the drive, I'd have enough to open a shop!
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Can I put my bay clippings and VB seedlings in your shop?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Could you liberate one from the gutter? We had one growing out of chimney. Fortunately, the hot weather last year solved the problem😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Dirty HarryDirty Harry Posts: 1,048
    Is it straightforward enough to pot up a cutting that has rooted in water?

    I finally have 2 successful fuchsia cuttings after many failures.

    As easy as just making sure the pot is kept moist?
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Make sure there's plenty of roots first.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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