Cuttings in water

B3

I did a completely non-scientific experiment with penstemon cuttings.

I put some in soil and some in water. The water ones have rooted and the soil ones look sad.

It's much less trouble to do cuttings in water so I wondered if anyone could suggest other suitable candidates.

Obelixx

Mint, fuchsia, honeysuckle - I did this last one in autumn after taking out a badly overgrown plant in the wrong place.   They took their time but I now have two baby honeysuckles.

B3

Thanks ob.I'm not short of mint, but I'll try their other two.

Is it ok to put different plants in the same water until they root?

Welshonion

Lemon grass, bought from a shop.

B3

Thanks wo. Do you keep it inside?

nutcutlet

It's OK to mix things but not too many of anything or it's hard to get them out of the jar without breaking the roots

Keenie

Rosemary is a good one too. I've done about 14 so far. I plan to line the edge of the path with it 

Thanks for the info on honeysuckle I think I'll give that a go next, does it have to be hard wood or soft ?

nutcutlet

I've found if their not reasonably mature they rot instead of rooting, Keenie

Keenie

Excellent, thanks for that. I'll wait a bit and then try 

jaffacakes

Nepeta roots easily in water too.

Allotment Boy

I usually have quite a bit of success with this method. I am trying a heliotrope at the moment I nurtured a few though winter but they are looking leggy & sad so I have just put a cutting in water to see if it works. A pot full of soil based cuttings in the propagator all winter looked fine until I re-potted them only one survived!