RE: Platycondon (perennials list)

>Don Martinson wrote
>piece).  On the lowest piece, where the yellow stem branches off 
from the
>normal stem, you might include a small piece (maybe 1/4 inch) of the 
normal
>stem.  This piece is called a heel (if my memory is correct) and it 
is

I hope I am not too late on this post. Digest versions are stacking 
up in the mailbox :-) .

That portion IS called the heal and normally does help in some plants 
(you were right Don). I am unfamiliar with the balloon flower habits 
but thought I would offer a suggestion that I learned in working with 
a scented pelargonium sport I had last year. I was told to leave a 
portion of the sporting stem/branch to grow on the original plant so 
if the first cuttings that I took didn't make it, there would still 
be that portion growing and usually this would have sent out side 
shoots from the leaf nodes after the end had been cut off to root. I 
was able to take 3 or 4 cuttings and still leave a substantial amount 
on the original plant. That seemed to be good advice to me. 
Hope this helps.

Sincerely,
Dale Neil
Zone 5 , Rock Island, Ill

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