A couple of years ago I transplanted a big mature fuchsia bush, and couldn't help snapping some of the roots and leaving the ends of them in the ground. I can't be sure yet, but there are plants appearing roughly in a circle in the border I took it from, and the leaves look mighty like fuchsia.
I put a large pot of tarragon in the porch to protect it from the frost. I forgot to water it and it 'died'. I gave it a bit of water to see if I could revive it but most of the leaves were already brown. I was about to compost it when I noticed loads of rosette poking out of the soil around the base. There might be mushroom soup or chicken with tarragon yet!
I found a small piece of jade plant (crassula ovata) in a pocket several weeks after moving some very big ones when OH's mother moved house. Despite having been kept in the dark without soil or water it had sprouted a few tiny roots so I potted it up. A year later it is a healthy plant about 6 inches high and now branching.
A couple of years ago I transplanted a big mature fuchsia bush, and couldn't help snapping some of the roots and leaving the ends of them in the ground. I can't be sure yet, but there are plants appearing roughly in a circle in the border I took it from, and the leaves look mighty like fuchsia.
Last spring I dug out a big old hardy fuchsia that had got too woody, and it has resprouted from a left-behind bit of root. I took cuttings to replace the original - needn't have bothered!!
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Earlier in the year, all of my gazanias appeared dead at ground level. I know they're not particularly hardy, but I've had some of them for a good few years. I decided to leave them until I needed the space. Nearly all of them have sprouted new leaves - and not just a few leaves! It sometimes pays to leave an established plant for a while - just in case.
Aspidistra! The cast iron plant. So called because they're hard to kill.
Well I was onto my third one when I forgot about it for a few years. Tucked away unloved. Well I noticed n it one day with all brown leaves apart from one or two that hadn't dried out completely
So I threw a hail Mary pass at it by giving it plenty of water and moving it somewhere better. For about a week or two I kept it watered. The plant started to sprout new leaves. Eventually I got it back to good health and one tip with a little brown on it was enough for my mum to accuse me of neglect and she took it with her. TBH I put up a protest but I read glad to get rid.
Just because the house was from the end of Queen Victoria's reign doesn't mean it should have a plant popular during that time.
I put a tray of strong young cosmos seedlings in the greenhouse to grow on, which they duly did. A week or 10 days later I found a trayful of stumps. The mice had got them and while I was prepared for the broad beans, I had not expected this.
I resowed indoors, though rather late, but didn't empty the tray. Last week I spotted 4 seedlings were showing signs of regrowth, where they had the tiniest vestige of leaf stalk remaining. Have been watering them and will wait to see how they fare .
The new sowing are ready for pricking out, I will have to to re-arrange things so they are inaccessible to little beasties!
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There might be mushroom soup or chicken with tarragon yet!
I decided to leave them until I needed the space. Nearly all of them have sprouted new leaves - and not just a few leaves!
It sometimes pays to leave an established plant for a while - just in case.
Well I was onto my third one when I forgot about it for a few years. Tucked away unloved. Well I noticed n it one day with all brown leaves apart from one or two that hadn't dried out completely
So I threw a hail Mary pass at it by giving it plenty of water and moving it somewhere better. For about a week or two I kept it watered. The plant started to sprout new leaves. Eventually I got it back to good health and one tip with a little brown on it was enough for my mum to accuse me of neglect and she took it with her. TBH I put up a protest but I read glad to get rid.
Just because the house was from the end of Queen Victoria's reign doesn't mean it should have a plant popular during that time.