Lemon Grass is a fav of mine, too. I've had a hard time
taking to grasses. Cymbopogon makes a pretty bluish clump.
Julia Child is my fav Floribunda.
Another look at Julia
I moved two Mariesii Hydrangeas at the beginning of summer. What I thought was a shady spot got middday and early afternoon sun. Despite copious watering, they dried up and died. I had a backup plan. I've killed these before when I moved the first cuttings that had rooted so well when I stuck them in the ground. I took cuttings again. These have put on new growth. Now to make a plan for keeping them alive through the winter. When they reach blooming size, they have blue lacecap blossoms.
Mariesii in a previous year, cutting grown
Flowers and text are from the garden of Nell Jean blogged on Dotty Plants Journal in hot, humid Southwest Georgia.
2 comments:
Nell, you need to share with us cutting challenged gardeners how to do this successfully.
I have an Annabelle I would love to increase.
I am having the same experience with sun and a bird bath. I have moved it the third time....still get too much sun. I could cook eggs in the water.
Glenda, I kind of belong to the 'stick it in some soil' school of cutting rooters.
Cuttings start in the shade, of course.
It does help to cut just below a node.
Rooting hormone helps.
Try not to let the cutting dry out. I make a little greenhouse from a Biscotti container sometimes. Sometimes I just mist the cuttings.
Know that not every cutting will 'take.' Usually.
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