I also have P Fruticosa, it was a small plant in the garden of my new house last year but the plant has grown huge this year with masses of blooms, beautiful! How do I take cuttings? (Never grown one before)
Other people manage the cuttings dolgarrog, I'm sure you'll do fine. You have to look after cuttings when you've taken them, that's where I fall down, I forget about them
RHS call it a shrub - it increases in size each year - also known as jerusalem sage.
Cuttings are easy at this time of year - trim of at a leaf joint and insert into a gritty mixture and then keep warm, but out of the sun.
As a bonus, the seeds sometimes germinate on top of the old flower whorls, looking most curious!
The the pink variety (sorry no good at names) is growing out here in the Languedoc and it is spreading at a rapid pace (probably suckers) - I'll have to dig up all the periphery bits in the autumn. The weather is a bit different - usually a three month period of drought in the summer followed my heavy rains in autumn and then a very cold winter. It is very reliable in the fierce summer sun!
I saw a big patch of these in the Hillier Gardens near Romsey this week. They were growing on a sunny slope under some tall trees. Obviously they were not in bloom yet, but they were well advanced and very lush. They will make good ground cover.
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I also have P Fruticosa, it was a small plant in the garden of my new house last year but the plant has grown huge this year with masses of blooms, beautiful! How do I take cuttings? (Never grown one before)
I can't do cuttings, I grow new ones from seed. It occasionally self-seeds if I don't give it a prune as the flowers go over
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thanks Nutcutlet! I'll give it a go anyway - if no luck I can always gather some seeds as you do!
Other people manage the cuttings dolgarrog, I'm sure you'll do fine. You have to look after cuttings when you've taken them, that's where I fall down, I forget about them
In the sticks near Peterborough
RHS call it a shrub - it increases in size each year - also known as jerusalem sage.
Cuttings are easy at this time of year - trim of at a leaf joint and insert into a gritty mixture and then keep warm, but out of the sun.
As a bonus, the seeds sometimes germinate on top of the old flower whorls, looking most curious!
The the pink variety (sorry no good at names) is growing out here in the Languedoc and it is spreading at a rapid pace (probably suckers) - I'll have to dig up all the periphery bits in the autumn. The weather is a bit different - usually a three month period of drought in the summer followed my heavy rains in autumn and then a very cold winter. It is very reliable in the fierce summer sun!
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=1428
phlomis russeliana, hardy perennial
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=1428
phlomis fruticosa, shrub
In the sticks near Peterborough
phomis id a lovely shrub I wish some would just land in my garden. Good luck with it
thank you all very much for your input! I'll take some cuttings this weekend & let you know how I get on!
I saw a big patch of these in the Hillier Gardens near Romsey this week. They were growing on a sunny slope under some tall trees. Obviously they were not in bloom yet, but they were well advanced and very lush. They will make good ground cover.