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Cuttings from Lavender Hidcote

We have a well established line of about 20 Hidcote Lavender but unfortunately it has several dead plants along the line (from too many of the kids footballs!) which spoil the effect and it also wasn’t trimmed back well enough the last few years and Is getting too large so we’d like to get new plants ready to replace the old.

I would like to propagate 20 or 30 new plants from the current plants but when I have looked for stems without flower buds to use for the cuttings there are very few and those that there are, are quite short and often appear to have a very small bud at the tip.

Am I able to use stems that have buds but not flowered and pinch out the main stem? Will these root and grow on as well as stems that don’t have duds or flowers

i have attached some photos to show the plants and their current state... any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

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  • Mike AllenMike Allen Posts: 208
    Cuttings can be taken and planted in a well drained compost or even a mixture of coir and perlite.  Otherwise.carefully spread some light compost over an area, thus burying some of the plants.  Trim the tops of the plants and soon new roots will be put forth and you can select your new plants.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    If the main shoots all have flower buds I would take heeled cuttings from sideshoots.  I find them much more successful than softwood cuttings in almost all cases. 

    I took a couple of dozen heeled erysimum cuttings a fortnight ago and although it’s early days I think I may have 100% success 🤞 

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





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