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Plants that root in water

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  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    Okey doke, I'll have a go at some penstemon and then report back. 
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Gaura work well too if you have any. @Uff
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    Job done B3. Yes I do have gaura and tried them the last time we were discussing this topic but they didn't take but have taken more cuttings so fingers crossed this time.
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    It might have something to do with where you cut the cutting. It seems to me that they often root from where you have removed the leaves so that they're not under water
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    I cut the stem just below a leaf joint and took all the leaves off except the top three pairs, see below.


    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited August 2022
    Looks pretty anyway😊 . Leaf joint! A much neater way of saying it 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    Oh I'm dead posh, me.
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • WAMSWAMS Posts: 1,960
    edited August 2022
    Any tips for rooting hardy geranium? I have one Ann Folkard and would quite like ten Ann Folkards.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I think it's normally done by division 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    G Psilostemon, which I have, spreads by seed too, though not in huge numbers, but as a man-made cultivar Ann Folkard might not. Geraniums generally take well to being divided and make good sized plants quite fast :)
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