Gardener´s Propagation week September 2017: Pomegranate tree cutting

Dear readers,

it is gardener´s propagation week September and in my post I´d like to show you the plants I propagated through cuttings the last two months. This time, among others, I  tried myself in taking pomegranate tree cuttings for the first time and the results aren´t bad. I took three cuttings and two of them developed roots. I took 10 centimeter long cuttings, stuck them into rooting powder and put them into little plastic cups. When I take rose cuttings I always put plastic bags over the cuttings as they seem to root better if its humid, but for the pomegranate trees I didn´t use plastic bags. The pomegranate cuttings took about 6 weeks to root. 

I also took rose cuttings again this year and some develop roots, however my success rate is still low as most of the rose cuttings rot and die. I also rooted pelargonium cuttings and they seem super easy to root. Both the cuttings I took developed roots after just one or two weeks and one is even blooming now. Another plant I tried to propagate through cuttings is an oleander and it worked out too. I put the oleander cutting in a small vase with water and it rooted inside there in about three weeks. After rooting I planted the cutting into a plastic cup with soil. 

I think it is amazing how many plants can be easily propagated through cuttings.It is so exciting to try myself in taking cuttings from plants as I never know if it will work or not. It is such an  interesting process. As always, I would also like to encourage you, dear readers, to try yourself in taking cuttings. You will see, it is so much fun! You might even want to participate in Gardener´s Propagation week by writing a post about plants you propagate. If so, please share the link of your post in the comments.

Have a lovely week!

Best wishes, 

Lisa

rooted cutting from a pomegranate tree

Cutting from a moss rose called Mme. Louis Lévêque, which I have been trying to propagate for so long now. I think this is about the tenth cutting I took of this rose and finally one cutting rooted. I am very happy about that. 

rooted pelargonium and oleander cutting

Gardener´s Propagation Week August 2017: Some rose cuttings in bloom!

Dear readers,

it is gardener´s propagation week August and I´d like to show you some more of my rose cuttings. In July I already shared some pictures of rose cuttings that were in bloom at the time. Not all cuttings flowered back then - three cuttings surprised me with some blooms in late July and I would like to share them with you now. The rose cuttings blooming are from cuttings I took last year. Almost all of the cuttings that rooted and survived the winter bloomed this year. I think only two didn´t. So if you take rose cuttings yourself, you can expect them to bloom the following year, which I think is great.

 I took some rose cuttings again this year. Unfortunately my success rate is still pretty low-only about 10 percent of the cuttings I take survive. During my garden vacation in England I got to know a woman, who also propagates roses from cuttings and her success rate is about 90 percent. Isn´t that amazing?! However, she does not put the cuttings into pots as I mostly do, but sticks them directly into the ground in her garden.   

I also tried myself in propagating pelargoniums for the first time two weeks ago and it seems very easy. The pelargonium cutting I took rooted in only one week, which was quite a surprise for me. I wonder if you dear readers propagated anything recently? As always, I´d like to encourage you to participate in Gardener´s Propagation week by writing a post on plant propagation this week or you could also tell me which plants you propagate at the moment in the comments. 

Have a great week!

Lisa

P.S.: If you´d like to see more pictures of rose cuttings in flower, click on following link: https://thevictoriangardener.blogspot.co.at/2017/05/gardeners-propagation-week-june-2017-my.html

Rose No 5: I think this rose could be rosa le vesuve. Soon after the bloom you see in the picture had wilted, the rose produced a new bud and I am waiting for it to open at the moment.

Rose No 5

Rose No 5

Rose No 6

Rose No 6

Rose No 6

Rose No 7

Rose No 7

Rose No 7

I took some rose cuttings again this year and as you can see in this picture, some cuttings have rooted. Unfortunately, like last year, most of the cuttings die before producing any roots. 

I like to plant the cuttings in plastic cups, so that I can see wether they have rooted already or not.

I also tried myself in propagating pelargoniums. I was surprised how easy it is. The cutting rooted  after just a week.