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Re: [SHADEGARDENS] Winter-Interest Plants

Garden Nut wrote:

> I leave my Buddleia bushes as is for the winter because I've found that they
> die if I prune in the fall.  The plant seems to grow some short, very gray,
> furry feeling "winter leaves"--much different than the "summer leaves".  My
> friends and I joke that this is the plant's winter clothes.
> This year, I enjoyed looking at the dried flower remains. In fact, I think
> they might be good dried materials for flower arranging!  My flower
> arranging class has definitely given me a new perspective on things.
>
> Diana Pederson
> SUITE101 Editor:  http://www.suite101.com/topics/page.cfm/262
> Home page:  http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/1945/index.html

Last year, when I cut back my buddleias, I stuck a few long branches in a jar
with water and a branch of willow.  They rooted quickly, and as cuttings,
matured faster than usual, as the wood was already one year old.  I also plaaced
some of these long cuts into my prop tent, and they too rooted quickly.

Rika        Willow Pond Nursery        http://www.willowpondnursery.com
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