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What cuttings are you taking this month?

chris33.murphychris33.murphy Posts: 17
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What cuttings are you taking in June?

I am considering trying salvia ostfreisland as they worked very well last year and aubretia.

Thanks.
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  • jayne10bjayne10b Posts: 105
    Penstemons - though no idea if it is a little late, but I find I have an excellent strike rate with them.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Nothing deliberate, just prunings and accidental breakages😉
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Salvia Bumble, diascia (I took cuttings two weeks ago from new plants and now have four new plants). Rosemary.
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    Purple basil.  I pruned back a rather leggy GC purchase, to encourage it to bush out and not get so bashed about by the wind.  Stuck the cuttings in water to use in the kitchen over the week.. and one of the last two cuttings is sending out roots!  Hopefully the other will, and I can get a few free plants from it.  
    Utah, USA.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Not this month, but about ten days agoi took about a dozen heeled cuttings of Erysimum ‘Apricot Twist’. 
    Looking good so far 



    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • newbie77newbie77 Posts: 1,838
    @Dovefromabove, why pots are in polybags? do you cover the cutting? can you show a photo of how?

    I want to take cuttings from winter honeysuckle and daphne. Original plants are small too so want to give my best to root those. I doubt this year i will have any budget to buy new plants. 
    South West London
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I put them in polybags for the first little while (done up with a twisty thing) to cut down on the transpiration so the leaves don't dry out ... you have to try to make sure the leaves don't touch the bags and watch out for moulds tho' ... it can get quite damp inside the bag... after the first week I undo the bags but they're still in the bags 'cos they're indoors in the shade on my studio floor and I don't want damp patches.  

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • newbie77newbie77 Posts: 1,838
    thank you. 
    South West London
  • chris33.murphychris33.murphy Posts: 17
    Wallflower cuttings, why did I never think of that, thanks :-)
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    The roots of my Erysimum cuttings are coming out of the bottom of the pots now ... I’ll be potting them on very soon 
    I’ll pinch the growing tips out at the same time. 



    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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