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  • Mr. Vine EyeMr. Vine Eye Posts: 2,394
    I'm going to have a go at doing this with my Salvia and Penstemon.

    Do you basically follow the same instructions as growing cuttings in pots - just minus the cutting soil and rooting hormone. Do you need to cut the leaves in half?
    East Yorkshire
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Just strip off the bottom leaves so they don’t touch the water no need to cut leaves on either of those. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Try both. This is all experimental. Let us know what works.
    As regards penstemon, you just bung them in the water . Some will root and some won't. Maybe we'll find out why😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    I'm so glad whoever it was started this thread.  I've just nicked a few sprigs off a municipal pink flowered hawthorn, and a flowering blackcurrant, and stuck them in water.  
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    It was me. I think it's going to be fun😄
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Right. I've done mine:

    • Gaura.  2 kinds They've worked before
    • Potentilla. The red one
    • Fuchsia. The one that looks like a skinny pink ballerina
    • Penstemon. Various
    • Hebe . Variegated with fat leaves
    • Philadelphus. The one with lime green leaves
    That should do for now!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • EricaheatherEricaheather Posts: 204
    I was just wondering how everyone's cuttings were getting on? So far I've took cuttings of clematis Josephine, basil, aubrietia, Campanula carpatica, and solanum glasnevin. Still early days for all of mine but has anyone had any further success? 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Only been a few days but I check every morning😊 nothing yet.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • BloodyNoraBloodyNora Posts: 78
    I'm going to use this as a timestamp! Gereniums, Mint and Jasmine in water ....
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I thinkk there's no doubt about mint rooting. Don't know about the others. We'll see!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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