Last year we cut down a shrub that was old when we moved here in the last century. Unsurprisingly, the stump has sprouted, but so have the thick branches we left in an untidy heap on the soil. One, over 2" in diameter has sprouted and rooted all along its length. I don't know what the shrub is but it's nice enough with soft mid green leaves little pink flowers and the odd soft red berry. It's always the first to come into leaf and survived concrete soil and alternating shade and hot sun. A small hedge would be nice there and that seems like what we'll get😊
Holly is another. I left a 1 metre section of branch I had trimmed lying in leaf litter and found it the following year. It had rooted at several points along its length.
Rosemary as well, just pull half the leaves off the bottom of a sprig and stick it in the ground, butterfly bush (budliea) will also happily grow from cuttings.
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Unsurprisingly, the stump has sprouted, but so have the thick branches we left in an untidy heap on the soil. One, over 2" in diameter has sprouted and rooted all along its length.
I don't know what the shrub is but it's nice enough with soft mid green leaves little pink flowers and the odd soft red berry. It's always the first to come into leaf and survived concrete soil and alternating shade and hot sun.
A small hedge would be nice there and that seems like what we'll get😊