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Re: Anthemis tinctoria

> Duncan McAlpine wrote:
> >
> > How do you propagate the subject plant? Is better from seed or
> > cuttings?  What is the best time to propage.

> 
 Hello:
 
 I am also interested in the reply to your question.  Organic Gardening
 listed Golden Marguarite as on of the most attractive plants for
 beneficial insects.  Do you have any observations from growing these?
> 
> DC
The species can readily raised from seed, but the named cultivars should
be propagated vegetatively.  Most cultivars will produce seed and many
of the seedlings will breed true, but without rigorous testing and
selection, errors and confusion will occur, and should, for the purposes
of maintaining trueness to type, be avoided. 

Basal shoots should be taken as cuttings in autumn and overwitnered in a
cold frame.  Pot on in early spring and pinch out the growing tips to
encourage a bushy habit. Cuttings may also be taken in spring.

Per the Journal of the RHS "The Garden" Volume 122 Part 8 August 1997
http://www.rhs.org.uk


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