Plants that root in water
This year, I discovered how easily penstemons root in water.
A few weeks ago, I took some more cuttings. I rooted them and potted them up.
One looked a bit more whispy than the others and a few buds had developed. I planted them out a few days ago and lo and behold - a white gaura!
So that's two kinds. I've seen on another post that coleus roots and I know busy lizzies will root.
In my experience, dianthus and geraniums won't.
Can anyone add to my list of rooters?
In London. Keen but lazy.
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Hydrangea will, sometimes roses too.
Willows of all sorts will
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Mint will and I suspect most of it's relatives will too. Worth trying.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Have all apart from willow. Will give them a go and report. Thanks.
At the opposite end of the spectrum , we used to root imported Copipoas from Chile by this method ; plants suspended in large jars of water , just above the surface . Reacting to the moisture , adventitious roots would develop over the weeks , which would then be grown on using a hydroponic method in coarse sand and gravel , fed with liquid nutrients . Inert growing mediums much reduced the risk of fungal or bacterial infection from organic composts .
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Copiapoa
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Copiapoa ; genus of cacti predominantly from Chile . (Apologies for the spelling error)
Buddleia, Fuschia, Geraniums root extremely easily in jam jars on the window ledge. There are probably a lot more. Then you have the issue of having more than you need and have to think about throwing away viable plants.
If your have enough "heeled" cuttings just try and see what happens.
'You must have some bread with it me duck!'
Rosemary will.
Lavender doesn't seem to. Nor does Euonymous.