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Plants that root in water

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    That's some list isn't it! Thank you for taking the time to collate it @SYinUSA 😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I’ll second that,  that’s really helpful.
    I shall be doing more Penstemon cutting soon,  they are slug resistant and so far this year, are drought resistant.

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • daisymdaisym Posts: 108
    Quite a list, thank you. I have a vase of flowering stems of sedum spectabile, the result of a Chelsea chop a few weeks ago. There are roots appearing the length of most of the stems and I have a few gaps in the garden which will benefit.
    East Dunbartonshire
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I think most of us will have gaps. I thought I had an excess of cuttings and was going to leave them outside for whoever wanted them but I think I'll need them myself .😞
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • SYinUSASYinUSA Posts: 243
    I had a professor in college who said sedums were his favorite plant because you could just nip a bit off of a plant and toss it wherever you wanted it to grow and it would take care of itself. I have been a little more deliberate in my placement, making sure to press into the soil, but he was right. They root extremely easily directly in the ground with no fuss. I propagate when I'm deadheading - even flowerheads will root (as @daisym has shown). My only successful propagation to date - though I've got a glass full of cuttings in the kitchen window.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I think they actually root better in the soil as do crassulas
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • SYinUSASYinUSA Posts: 243
    I took a few softwood gardenia cuttings and it looks like they've started roots! They've also sent up another leaf pair from the center of the old pair. Should I nip off the old leaves, the new leaves, or just let both sets be? I want to let the roots grow a bit more before transferring to soil, so they will be in water for a while longer if that makes a difference.
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    Fuchsia, Hydrangea, Oleander ...
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    So many! Maybe we should change the title to plants that don't root in water🤔 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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