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Carol Klein's Plants for Softwood Cuttings
24.10.2023 - 15:03 / gardenersworld.com
Making new plants from cuttings gathered in your own garden is thrilling.
September is the perfect time to take softwood cuttings. Many plants, including shrubs and tender perennials, have produced fresh green growth over summer, which can be used now to make new plants. They’ll root faster than hardwood cuttings and can be planted out in spring.
You can try taking cuttings from any shrub or perennial that has suitable shoots, which for softwood cuttings is new, young shoots. Some are easier to root than others, including fuchsias, lavatera, philadelphus, physocarpus and viburnums, as well as hydrangeas and salvias.
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Take a look at some of Carol Klein’s favourite plants to take cuttings from, below.
Buxus sempervirens ‘Argenteo-variegata’A box hedge needs uniform plants. Choose shoots of similar thickness. Remove bottom leaves and insert them in a shallow trench or around the edge of a pot.
Height x spread: 3m x 3m.
Pelargonium ‘Lord Bute’Take cuttings at any time during the growing season. Allow them to callus over for six hours before inserting around the side of a clay pot. Flowers May to November.
H x S: 40cm x 30cm.
Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Prostratus’Remove lower (basal) leaves without damaging stems – cut them or nip them off with your fingernails. Use a gritty, loam-based mix to root them. Flowers April to June.
H x S: 50cm x 150cm.
Sambucus nigraVery easy to root from young, soft growth and from slightly more mature stems. The first root faster but tend to wilt rapidly. Mist foliage frequently to reduce transpiration. Flowers May to June.
H x S: 3m x 3m.
Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limeligh
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