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Re: Sedum 'Autumn Joy'

Rick,

On one occasion a couple of years ago, I had good luck with quite a range of 
the telephium group of Sedum, using 
single node cuttings.  In the case of some that I had less material of, I 
went further and divided the mode so that each was a single leaf with a 
section of stem [cut in half or thirds vertically].

Cuttings were taken in early June, allowed to dry for a few minutes, and 
inserted in a peat-perlite medium [ca 50-50 by volume].  I used square 
plastic nursery flats, so the medium was only 2 inches or so deep.  The 
cutting flats were covered with upside-down lattice-bottom flats to give 
shade, and kept watered.  

Neither rooting hormone nor bottom heat is required, but mild heat would 
speed up rooting; it took about a month at ambient outdoor temperatures.

I think 'Autumn Joy' rooted at more than 90 percent.  Some of the others 
were more like 75 percent, though most losses were from slug predation.

Loren Russell, Corvallis, Oregon 

On Thu, 8 May 1997, Richard Grazzini wrote:

> What's the best way to propagate this kind of Sedum quickly?
> 
> Will it take from a leaf cutting?
> 
> How 'bout a leaf-bud cutting (just notching the stem out right below the
> leaf, assuming a bud is in there?
> 
> Division is easy, but I want to make a lot of plants quickly in order to
> cover a larger area.  
> 
> Rooting hormone?  Time of year?  Bottom heat or not?  Should the cuttings
> dry and callus before sticking?  
> 
> All suggestions are welcomed.
> 
> Rick Grazzini
> rickg@centrelab.com
> USDA 6a
> 
>
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