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Osteopernum ?

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Hi guys what a lovely day so at last doing gardening and not just browsing
I have a font full of last year's'Os which I should have removed and potted up
Now they have got baby plants growing from nearly every 'growing point up the stems
What should I do ?can they be rooted or do I have to cut them off to the closest to the main stem
That would be such a shame as each one looks so healthy and is about the size of a tennis ball
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Thanks Verdun
yes they have no roots so must use as cuttings do I leave all the leaves or just the top ones and do I have to pinch the centres out on those
Also can I pot up the main plants or poss plant them in the garden they gave such a lovely show last year

Oh forgot t ask do they need heat or just a cold greenhouse
Do OS grow back, mine are half brown after this frosty weather ?
Thanks sooooooooo much Verdun
carry on like this and I'll have to buy do nuts wholesale

Thanks Verdun

I had so many cuttings from pruned Osteospermum jucundum one year that I just put them straight in the ground where I wanted them and left them over the winter,some died but most grew and I had plenty more cuttings over the summer to fill in the gaps.The following July they looked like this:-
By the end of the summer they had filled the whole bed and I have just cut them all back ready for this year.