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Post by Rosefriend on Sept 21, 2007 8:10:01 GMT
Can anyone tell me what sort of Hypericum this is please - very small flowers. I am having to give the whole bush away as it is too big for the garden now - I have had it years and have cut it back hard each year but I really don't have a choice now. However I wanted to take some cuttings and after looking on the web, it says, spring and summer softwood cuttings - well not only is it autumn but the wood is hard - can I try hardwood cuttings or has someone got any other ideas.  RF |
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Post by Weeterrier on Sept 21, 2007 8:26:33 GMT
Sorry RF, no idea, but it is very pretty. Shame it has to go  |
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Post by owdboggy on Sept 21, 2007 8:35:25 GMT
Still looking up which one it actually is, but in any case you can propagate all the woody species from cuttings taken now with a heel. IE pull a not too hard, non-flowering shoot (actually, you can use a flowering one if you remove the flowers) away from the shrub with a piece of the older branch still attached. Treat as a normal hardwood cutting. This works with everything but x Rowallane which is a bit tender for overwintering cuttings outside. Personally I take cuttings of everything I want when I think about it, seems to work for me.
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Post by Weeterrier on Sept 21, 2007 11:26:26 GMT
Could it be the variety 'Elstead'?
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Post by Rosefriend on Sept 21, 2007 12:41:06 GMT
Thanks all - OB - I will take some cuttings tomorrow morning - I take it that I can just bung them into some compost?
I have just googled Elstead WT and I don't think so - the flowers are too big and this type doesn't get the red/black seed capsules. They go reddy as you can see on the pic and then just die off really. I haven't seen this type since I bought it years ago and I really do not want to give it away but I just haven't got the room and with 69 tubs this year - well my OH has refused to let me get anymore.....suppose I could get my neighbour to get some for me and hide them at the back of the shed.....where they is a will etc etc.....
RF
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Post by beanie on Sept 21, 2007 13:36:06 GMT
maybe hypericum spathulatum now known as prolificum, this variety has brown seed capsules
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Post by Barbara on Sept 21, 2007 14:28:40 GMT
is it a rose of sharon??
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Post by Rosefriend on Sept 21, 2007 15:20:30 GMT
maybe hypericum spathulatum now known as prolificum, this variety has brown seed capsules Yes beanie that is the one (see pic) - lovely - thanks so much - it is such a gorgeous bush, I am sad that it has go.  RF |
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Post by owdboggy on Sept 21, 2007 16:06:10 GMT
Beanie beat me to it. I have had an interesting afternoon reading the descriptions of these plants though!
Try both methods, if you have room, some in a pot in compost and some stuck in a corner in the garden.
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Post by owdboggy on Sept 21, 2007 16:08:05 GMT
Had another thunk. Why not wait a little while before getting rid and trying to grow some from the seed? All hypericums are very easy from seed, in fact too easy. I have spent the last few weeks weeding out 3 different sorts which are absolute thugs!
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Post by Rosefriend on Sept 22, 2007 17:11:20 GMT
What a good idea, thanks - the bush is going to a neighbour so I can safely ask her not to cut it down until later. I honestly haven't looked for seeds and here in Germany things do not seed so readily because of the temperatures that we can get in winter.
However I do feel that we are all going to have to change our methods a little due to the climate change.
RF
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