"Purple Heart" Wandering Jew roots well in water at leaf nodes. I rooted all the Purple Heart in this bed from water-rooted snipped branches. I root every single piece that snaps off in the wind (or my foot traffic ) I'm just filling out this bed this season and have 10-12 more pieces rooting in the kitchen window.
I have no intention of moving it out of the water yet
It has always had leaf nodes as I read somewhere that you should cut below where you see small nodes but now they have grown a little bit on each side and have pointy bits. The first noticeable change.
A friend has got her clematis cuttings (several varieties) to root in water. She tells me now is a good time. I'll take her advice and do it today. The worst that could happen is no roots, I suppose!
I thought I could do it too. WRONG! Every clematis cutting rotted away and the rest of them are just sitting there!
I asked my friend what, exactly, she'd done. She told me, "I don't know. Just snipped their tips with my garden scissors and put them in a jar of water."
The gardening gods, on that day, were on her side, I suppose! BUT, I'm not giving up!
I'm trying my hand at Plectranthus australis (Swedish Ivy). Also trying Aster Novi Henry III purple. I had 4 of the latter in huge pots on my back patio, came through hard winter just fine, well established this season and then lost 2 suddenly a week apart to blotchy white spots on all the leaves. The other 2 are 10' away from the two diseased ones and healthy as can be. Have about 6 jars of herbs rooting, too.
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It has always had leaf nodes as I read somewhere that you should cut below where you see small nodes but now they have grown a little bit on each side and have pointy bits. The first noticeable change.
I asked my friend what, exactly, she'd done. She told me, "I don't know. Just snipped their tips with my garden scissors and put them in a jar of water."
The gardening gods, on that day, were on her side, I suppose! BUT, I'm not giving up!