The dog snapped off some coleus last week and it's rooted in water already. I also put some sage cuttings in a jar of water to keep them fresh and they put out good root growth too. They were the growing tips that I pinched off previous cuttings to make the plant bushier. Sadly I only noticed they had roots when the jar dried out.
I've got some tradescantia spathacea and some kind of indoor begonia cuttings rooted in jars ready to be potted on too.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Unknown bouquet casualty rooted, and got planted in the garden. Now I am working on 3 more. No longer unknown-it's feverfew. Was confused as the flower looked like Roman chamomile, but the foliage was not.
Really enjoyed reading techniques and will crack on with my cuttings. Anyone help with Monarda? Mine do not do well despite grit, manure and leaf mould dug into my clay soil regularly and I really want more. Many thanks.
I'm going overboard, perhaps. Hubby said this morning, "What is all this stuff in the kitchen window? Don't we have enough plants yet?" I just said never enough plants, and these will be free for a change. Besides, I really do want some to take down to our cabin.
Basil is the only one I have made a conscious effort to root in water.
Last year or the year before I pruned a bunch of plants with stems too thick for the compost heap and attempted to drown them to render them suitable for composting (well I'm not giving away compost feedstock to the council) I didn't quite cut them short enough.
I've walked past that bucket many times and thought "I should maybe do something about those stems someday, compost them or put them out". As we have to pay for garden waste collection from next month I finally got round to doing something about those stems. I noticed yesterday those with nodes above water sent down roots to the water level: Pieris, Rose, Fuschia, Camelia, Wisteria, Redcurrant and heaven knows what else perhaps an Azelia - all rooted
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Rooted: Ivy Hedera helix An unusually dainty one I found in the park, and different
from any in my collection.
Flowering currant Ribes sanguineum
Erigeron karvinskianus Very pleased, as I've repeatedly failed with seed.
Rotted: Mallow Malva sylvestris
Evening primrose Oenothera biennis
Still waiting: Hebe
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Boston ivy Parthenocissus tricuspidata
Potentilla
Many thanks.
Last year or the year before I pruned a bunch of plants with stems too thick for the compost heap and attempted to drown them to render them suitable for composting (well I'm not giving away compost feedstock to the council)
I didn't quite cut them short enough.
I've walked past that bucket many times and thought "I should maybe do something about those stems someday, compost them or put them out". As we have to pay for garden waste collection from next month I finally got round to doing something about those stems. I noticed yesterday those with nodes above water sent down roots to the water level: Pieris, Rose, Fuschia, Camelia, Wisteria, Redcurrant and heaven knows what else perhaps an Azelia - all rooted