RE: rosemary hedges
- Subject: RE: rosemary hedges
- From: S* M*
- Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 10:20:09 -0700
Hi Jan --
Maybe it depends on the variety. Arp roots extremely easily, and I'm sure
it would work to just stick cuttings in the ground this time of year (but
you don't want Arp, because of the splitting). Another culinary variety,
unknown name, that a friend gave me was just as quick to root. But Pine
Rosemary (Rosmarinus angustifolia) seems to be less easy, although I've
only tried two cuttings from it, taken mid-summer. I'll be trying again
now that the weather's cooler -- I was just assuming that nothing could
stop it from rooting, which was my experience with the culinary
varieties. I definitely recommend that you give it a shot with your chosen
variety -- why not? In the meantime, you can be saving your money for the
gallon pots, but I don't think you'll need them :-).
-- Susannah
At 08:48 AM 10/26/2001 -0700, Carol Joynson wrote:
>Kathleen,
>you must have magic fingers. I've never been able to make that work, or
>maybe I over-watered. However, I've had really good luck with layering -
>leave the branches attached to the mother plant, pull them down and weight
>them down with a rock somewhere along the middle of the branch. A little
>dirt over the branch at that point helps. They root under the rock, and can
>be cut and and transplanted after six months or so, when the roots are set.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kgkg101@aol.com [K*@aol.com]
>Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 9:27 PM
>To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
>Subject: Re: rosemary hedges, was disease
>
>
>Jan,
>I started upright rosemary from cuttings. I took the cuttings from rosemary
>in the freeway median in Las Vegas, pulled off the lower leaves, crammed
>them
>all in the same clay pot, and put it on the patio. It was probably early
>March 2 1/2 yrs ago. I didn't know enough to use rooting hormone or misting
>or anything fancy. They all struck and are now handsome topiaries.
>Kathleen
