How do I take cuttings off my busy lizzie.

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• ljdenney66 Posts: 1

  September 2018

  Hi I've been looking for a miniature busy lizzie you used to be able to get in the 80s my nan had one can't find it anywhere does anyone have cuttings lisa

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,113

  September 2018

  For the past few years Busy lizzies have been attacked by a Downy Mildew and most nurseries have stopped supplying them.
  
  https://www.thompson-morgan.com/busy-lizzie-advice-page
  
    
  

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

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• Lyn Posts: 23,190

  September 2018

  I’ve never known of a miniature Busy Lizzie, you may be thinking of the miniature Begonias, Semperflorens ? They were all the rage with mums around that time. 

  Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 
  
  

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• ERICS MUM Posts: 627

  September 2018

  Frances Willey said:

  Do they all do as well? Never had a plant bloom for so long.

  Mine usually do, I feed and water them well and keep them out of fierce sunlight.

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• ERICS MUM Posts: 627

  September 2018

  jimhart20002000 said:

  I buy my plants early in year,before flowering.Out of 24 plants I can getup to 100 new plants.They flower a few weeks later than normal but the result is worth it.I use plastic  glasses and put tinfoil over the top with four small holes pierced on top.insert one cutting in each hole.This keeps cutting secure and prevents leaves from rotting in water .90% success rate every year I never bother trying to overwinter.

  You beat me to it !  I buy several large New Guinea type in various colours at the end of May and root cuttings as you describe.  They soon catch up and produce buds.

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