Is this the right time of year to take cuttings from e.g. bay, ceanothus, euonymus? And how should I overwinter them? I know: basic stuff for many of you old hands but this seemed like the best place to ask!
Autumn to winter is the best time to take hardwood cuttings form shrubs.
You can do them outdoors in a sheltered spot by simply making a slit trench with your spade, dropping some fin grit down the bottom and then inserting pencil sized cuttings at regular intervals and pushing the soil back.
However, I find ceanothus and variegated euonymous can suffer in cold winters so you may want to do them in deep pots of free draining compost and keep them in a cold frame or greenhouse over winter.
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Autumn to winter is the best time to take hardwood cuttings form shrubs.
You can do them outdoors in a sheltered spot by simply making a slit trench with your spade, dropping some fin grit down the bottom and then inserting pencil sized cuttings at regular intervals and pushing the soil back.
However, I find ceanothus and variegated euonymous can suffer in cold winters so you may want to do them in deep pots of free draining compost and keep them in a cold frame or greenhouse over winter.
I had cream nasturtiums jo. 'Milkmaid' was the variety. I got them online from Thompson and Morgan - I think
Just gritty compost smallswan. Mix some grit or course sand into the compost you have
I'd agree totally with obelixx about the ceanothus and variegated shrubs. Wet cold is a killer for them.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...