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unhappy_shopper

When we moved into our current home in Feb. 2008, we saw a huge bundle of rose bush clippings someone had left near the garbage bin for disposal after pruning. Took them home, just made holes in the ground and planted them all along the fence. Last spring they were all shooting up with a few flowers. This year, we have masses and masses of pink, orange and white roses, atleast 50 rose bushes in all. All these without any watering/special feeding as we were too busy. However, this year we have been feeding them properly and they will be pruned in the autumn to maintain them.

meg72

Looking round my garden I find that most of the plants I have have been the result of a bit pinched here and there and stuck in the ground.

I have Never had any success with clematis though, have tried and tried.

Lleucu

1. Peonies simply divide roots in the autumn may sulk for a year.
2.Fushias simply strike a cutting
3. Clematis from seed (clematis tangutica) loads of plants from a small packet of seeds (Chiltern seeds) some may flower this year!
4. Iris by dividing roots.
5. Delphiniums by dividing the crowns.
6.Snapdragons from seed or self sown from year before.

katiel

What about wisteria? Has anyone tried that? There are some massive pods hanging from mine and I was wondering about trying to pot them up. I imagine that's how this wisteria arrived in my garden. I didn't plant it, but the neighbours had one growing along the fence, and when they cut it down, I found I had quite a substantial plant on my side.

meanmarie

would love a wisteria, for some reason OH can't stand them would love one to just 'appear' by magic in my garden....he couldn't say anything then, could he??

Marie

TravellingAbuela

When in Cornwall last year I admired a wall smothered in a lilac coloured large daisy type flower. The owner of the wall said "I hate that plant, it's the bane of my life, I can't get rid of it!" I asked for a cutting, rooted it when I got home, looked after it like its mother all winter, and planted it out this summer. It's still in the same spot, neither grown nor died, but still no sign of a lilac daisy type flower! It obviously knows it's been shoved in Yorkshire soil and not Cornish! What more can I do?! I would love that plant to be "the bane of my life" and smother the bit of garden I have planted it in with lilac daisy type flowers!!

ginnyknit

just a question ... I saw a programme once where they pinned a leaf to some compost, flat on the surface and it sent up lots of little plantlets, does anyone know exactly how its done. I think they made cuts in the veins of the leaf???

elsien

Hardy osteopspermum is good - stick a shoot in water and the roots practically grow overnight.
Not had any luck with my lavender though, just can't seem to get the cuttings to take.

chopperharris

elsien wrote: »

Hardy osteopspermum is good - stick a shoot in water and the roots practically grow overnight.
Not had any luck with my lavender though, just can't seem to get the cuttings to take.

do you not do lavendar like roses , ie take a green stem , keep it attached and about half along bury it in the ground and stake it?

ukbill69

French beans dwarf ones, where so easy to grow, take note, wait till all frosts have gone otherwise they will die. I getg a hand full every 2 days off about 7 plants.