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[SHADEGARDENS] Layering Pants & Rooting Plants


When I try to root plants I can't get any to root except for the gardenia
thats the only one I can root successfully! I have tried rooting azaleas
or some other plant and I can't get it to root from a cutting.

The only method I can sucessfully get another pant from the parent plant
is to layer it. I go to the base of the parent plant and dig a hole 6
inches deep. I then place my branch into the hole and cover it then I
place a brick or some other heavy object to hold the branch down. I then
wait 1 year then I transplant the following year. I have succesfully
layered azaleas and got some nice plants. Last year I layered some more
azaleas and some boxwoods. this year I will have at least 30 azaleas and
about 20 boxwoods. The ag ext office told me that layering plants would
produce healther plants than rooted cuttings.

I have tried to plant roses but I lose every one of them I guess our soil
is not good for roses.
Charles Zone 8a

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