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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I know about the willow as this one is itelf one I grew from cuttings taken from our neighbours' tree in Belgium.   These are insurance cuttings as this one is struggling with the drought and is getting regular waterings to help it along.

    Shrubby potentilla is lovely in the white, pink and russet forms but I do really dislike the yellow form. 
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    B3 said:
    Mines in a&e. Unlikely to survive. If it does, I'll bung it out of sight somewhere..
    Is that all you have to do  with the 'others'  what are they called?@Lyn? Can I do it with snow in summer too?
    Snow in summer is a PITA, I’m forever digging it up, spreads so quickly it’s across the beds before you know it, just dig up a root and plant it where you want it. 
    Same with Potentilla. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Whoopdeedoo!!
    In London. Keen but lazy.


  • My first success! 

    I tried penstemon in water but they all died.

    I tried penstemon in gritty compost but they all died.

    I tried Lavendar (10 munstead, 5 stoecha) in gritty compost but they all died.

    This is Sedum Autumn Joy. So pleased to see roots!

    Given me the urge to try again. I'll take some more penstemon, salvia and some more of the sedum.
    East Yorkshire
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Brilliant! Now if we can work out why some do and some don't.......
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    By the way, Sedum comes very easily from leaf cuttings too... just tear off the leaves, dib them into a pot of compost, and place them somewhere a bit shady and forget them. Or you could put them straight into the soil if you can remember where you put them. Probably best in late spring so there's time for them to grow into reasonable sized plants.
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Easier with sedum to just take a few bits of the bulb and replant. Mine just self seed as well. Not worth messing about with cuttings. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    Success with Buddleia globosa , that's the yellow one.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    👍😀
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Purple sage 2 inch roots all the way up the stem in a week! The ones in compost aren't dead either. 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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