what cuttings are you taking now

[Ladygardener]

Oh my word Isabella those look fantastic, how very well done. ;D Do you use rooting powder, seed or mp or your own compost?

[isabella]

At this time of year I just plonk them into a pot of multipurpose compost - no rooting powder- and keep them on the greenhouse bench out of direct sun
If they root it is a bonus

[Auricula]

I have done the same with the young fuchsia plants I bought and about half have rooted.
I take cuttings from fuchsias,penstemons,hydrangeas and pinks every few weeks throughout the growing season - I just can't seem to stop myself!!

[Rosefriend]

Mar 28, 2009 19:26:09 GMT isabella said:

The cuttings I don't seem able to overwinter are fuchsias so I buy small plants in early Spring.I choose ones that look like they need pinching back and when I get them home I do just that and use the pinchings for cuttings. These are the cuttings (now rooted) that I took at the end of February

Blimey Isabella - they look lovely and healthy. We can't buy small plants here unfortunately, but it is a marvellous way of getting extra plants.

RF

[Jasmine]

Is that Lady Boothby at the front in the middle Isabella? My 2 are very well rooted and doing really well (thank you . I love the dark leaves. Could I take the tops off and try what you have done or do the plants need to be bigger?

[isabella]

Well spotted ;D I would give it a go Jasmine

[Cheerypeabrain]

I started off my dahlia tubesr in pots in the conservatory and I've taken cuttings from Sarah's Delight and Purple Puff so far....the Purple Haze looks like I'll be able to attack that one as well soon...free plants...my favourite....

[Ladygardener]

CPB I'm very jealous of you doing Dahalia cuttings. I had thought to be doing my own with my overwintered ones but alas it was not to be, all dead. The only hope is the one which is covered with extra soil still in the ground. I've not got the nerve yet to check if it's still alive. I am working up to doing that tomorrow. fingers crossed.

[Tig]

I don't know what I am doing (nothing new there then : but I have taken cuttings of what I think is schizophragma hydrangeoides .. took this photo ..



The 'cuttings' have aerial roots and I have planted them underground in a large pot of mpc. Am I likely to get them to grow?? Or is there a better way of starting this off from cuttings?

x Tig

[beanie]

I'm clearing out underneath my roses in the autumn so I've taken a lot of cuttings of low growing Geraniums and rockery plants
Veronica ,Iberis Sedums a couple of white ones that I can't bring the name to mind and 2 doz Aubretias grown from seed. I think there are about 60 plant coming on. Most of the cuttings seem to be fixed in the pots so I think they have taken. I don't do many cuttings so feel rather pleased with myself at the moment.

[bagpuss]

Blimey Beanie, sounds as if you have been busy.

Only cuttings I have at the moment are of a Tangerine Sage.

I am attempting to propagate my Clematis "Freckles", which I have never tried before and may also do the same with my Jasmines "Stephanese" and "Beesianum" too.

[Rosefriend]

I have taken cuttings of my Passiflora in the hope that I don't have to overwinter it again.

RF

[Cheerypeabrain]

Good luck RF

I've taken cuttings of our artemesia powis castle, and a couple from the green chrysanthemums that I cought at GW Live, was going to take some from the heleniums...but ALL the shoots are flowering...

[Ladygardener]

I managed to get cuttings of a few of my Dahalia in order to increase my chances of getting them through to next year.

[beanie]

I'm going to try my Salvias as i think the ones I have are on the tender side.

[Spruance]

Two weeks ago I stuck five cuttings from our rather leggy and woody curry plant into a couple of the tomato pots and left them to it. Needless to say thet seem to be doing very well, unlike the three choisya cuttings I have been carefully nurturing for two months and which haven't moved an inch.

[Ladygardener]

Typical is'nt it Spruance. The side shoot of the tomato that I planted quite a while ago has lovely flowers on it and I've seen the bees buzzing around it today. Hopefully I'll get late tomatoes from it.

[Jasmine]

Well done with the tomato side shoot LG - did you just plant it in some mpc?
I have taken 4 more cuttings from my Lady B fuchsia.

[Ladygardener]

Hi Jasmine, yes just a mixture of soil from the garden and a bit of John Innis No. 3 It was a fair size when I planted it, thought it would have been far too big but it's done great. I've another one on the go in the veg bed near where the salad leaves are growing. It's not doing much.
Fingers crossed for your fuscia, must do some more myself. The ones I did last year of the only fuscia I have, 2 shades of pink, have done so well.

[Jasmine]

I'm going to do a few more fuchsia too. You did very well to get yours through that awful winter LG

[Ladygardener]

My planted up tomato side shoot has baby green tomatoes on it. ;D
Over the past few days, and in between downpours I've taken some cuttings of Gaura Passionate Blush, it's a 1st with this one for me. Fuschia, Lavender, and either peppers or chillies. I need to take some pelagonium cuttings too. What has everyone else taken cuttings of in august I wonder.

[Jasmine]

You've reminded me LG - must get out there and get some fuchsia cuttings. I got some Charlie Dimmock fuchsias for free this year and they are really pretty, and I must get some Annabelle cuttings - I really like that fuchsia too.

[Missredhead]

I have 2 lots of penstamons thanks to Jasmine.....Just Jayne and Garnet which are now rooting well


I also have lots of cutting that I smuggled through customs
brought back from my holiday i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/wink.gif
they are...

Roses:

Rose de Rescht
Johann Strauss
Westerlands

cuttings from

RF's butterfly bush...
liquorish marigold
abulition
weihrauch
passionfruit
3 winter hardy fushias and
2 summer fushias

[Jasmine]

That made me chuckle MRH - no sniffer dogs out that day then i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/cheesy.gif

I bought some oleander seeds back from The States last time we went and they did have a sniffer dog out when we got home - I came over in a cold sweat and they took the dogs away just as we got to the front of the queue.

[Missredhead]

I hid them all in my toiletry bag along with your rose cuttings too.....

never saw any dogs..sniffer or otherwise.

[Jasmine]

OH thought it was funny - he said they were looking for far more important stuff than seeds ;D

[Dutchy]

You mean one can take cuttings of black money you kept in your socks? And it will grow? Must give that a go then ;D ;D ;D

Maybe I should have got cuttings from my new Penstemon, is it too late now?
Most have seedheads, can one sow them easily?

[Jasmine]

I take penstemon cuttings any time except winter Dutchy. I root them in a jar of water then plant them. Little plants are probably best over wintered in a greenhouse or similar.
I grew some from seed for the first time this year and they worked well too.

Some gardening magazines say to take cuttings of your favourite penstemons now as an insurance against losing them over winter.

[Dutchy]

Sounds like good advice. I like rooting plants in glass so you can see the roots coming along.
I'll give it a go then.

[Jasmine]

I like it for that reason too Dutchy - dahlia cuttings are quite interesting as they start to swell and you can see just where the roots are going to sprout.