RE: Buddelia-taking cuttings that actually turn into plants
- Subject: RE: Buddelia-taking cuttings that actually turn into plants
- From: M* D*
- Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 08:17:18 -0800
Elle,
I start all my cuttings in the same mix - 1/2 perlite, 1/2 vermiculite. I
use rooting hormone or "willow water" but couldn't swear that either makes a
BIG difference in the number of stems that strike roots. The pots or flats
of cuttings are then placed on a heating mat set at 70 F until the root
ball is the size of a quarter. Sometimes its takes months. Making a "tent"
over the cuttings to raise the humidity helps too. The factor that is most
variable seems to be the time of year. Some of my shrubs were tried in
every season before having any success. Some things are just darn hard to
root and you will have a low percentage root in spite of your best efforts.
Some are very easy and Buddleia is one of them. I have had the best luck
with semi ripe wood. Not the new bendy soft tips, not the stiff hard wood,
but at mid season when the new growth has stiffened up a bit. There are
many techniques used by many propagators. Experimenting is half the fun!
The HPSO library has some excellent books on propagation. Look them over
and then you will know which one you would like to have as a reference book
for your own library.
Marilyn Dube'
Natural Designs Nursery
Portland, Oregon
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-perennials@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of elle
Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 6:27 PM
To: perennials@hort.net
Subject: Buddelia-taking cuttings that actually turn into plants
A couple of years ago I bought several different
buddelia thru e-bay. They were 'sticks' at first but
this year are looking very nice and I'm wondering if,
whilst doing the early spring cutting back encouraged
by my perennial bibles, I can take these green
cuttings and plop them in root-tone and hopefully get
more plants. Last year I tried to find seed in the
blooms, dried some of the blooms and never had
success.
I am an absolute novice at taking cuttings of anything
but roses...with roses I have my mothers green thumb
but other shrub type plants have been less than
successful.
Does anyone have a website with good directions for
taking and successfully growing cuttings?
It's time for me to learn this part of
gardening....there are lots more plants I'd like to
grow from what I have rather than buy more. Wisteria,
hydranga and cape fuchsia are some of them.
Thanks
elle in oregon
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