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Montag, 6. November 2017

Gardener´s Propagation Week November 2017

Dear readers,

I wish you a happy Gardener´s Propagation week November 2017! This week I tried myself in taking some hardwood cuttings from my roses. So far I have only taken softwood cuttings in spring and summer. Reading that hardwood cuttings are a reliable method of propagating roses, I thought I´d give it a try this year.

Furthermore, I am trying myself in sowing sweet peas for next year. Last year I sowed some sweet peas in March and although they developed into plants, they didn´t thrive in my garden. They looked good until about June, but then the weather became very dry and hot and they died. I was quite sad about that as I saw many beautiful sweet pea plants in England this year and I would have loved to have such beautiful sweet pea plants in my garden too. In some garden magazines I read about the possibility to sow sweet peas in October or November already. By sowing them early they are said to develop into more vigorous plants than their spring-sown counterparts and they also produce blooms earlier. Early sown sweet peas are also said to cope better with dry conditions during summer as they have enough time to develop deep roots. Thinking that this sounds really good, I have to give it a try.

What about you dear readers? Have you sown anything recently, taken any cuttings or divided any plants? Do you have any experiences with early sown sweet peas? As always, I´d like to encourage you to participate in Gardener´s Propagation week by publishing a post on plant propagation on your blog and sharing the link with me in the comments.

Have a great week!
Lisa

Sowing sweet peas

I bought many sweet pea seeds during my garden vacation in England this year. I was amazed by the vast variety of sweet pea seeds offered in England. The following pictures from a flower exhibition in England give you a good idea about this great variety of sweet peas. About two weeks ago I sowed some of the seeds in a mini greenhouse and as you can see in the third and fourth picture, most of them have germinated already. It is recommended to have the sweet pea seedlings in a cold greenhouse till they can be planted in the garden in late spring. The temperatures in the greenhouse should be cold, though there should´t be any severe frost. I don´t have a green house in my garden, but I have a garden shed and I think if I cultivate the sweet peas right next to the window of the garden shed it should work too. I am just worrying about frost inside the garden shed. At the moment it is not even freezing outside, but in some months when it gets colder I am afraid that it might also freeze inside the shed. So, I will check the temperature inside and will protect the sweet peas in case it gets too cold.

Sweet pea varieties at a plant exhibition at Wisley garden in June this year. I bought a great variety of sweet pea seeds there.

my sweet pea seedlings

Taking rose cuttings from hardwood stems

For the hardwood cuttings I cut some rose stems that could´t be bended. I removed all the leaves and put the cuttings directly into a garden bed. Once they have rooted, I will transplant them to another spot in my garden. If you would also like to take some hardwood cuttings from roses, there is a video by gardener´s world on how to do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAC2BqCUWQM

Montag, 2. Oktober 2017

Gardener´s Propagation Week October 2017

Dear readers,
this month´s Gardener´s Propagation week I´d like to show you some of the cuttings I took this year. In the first two pictures you see a rooted rose cutting. I took the cutting in June and I am surprised that the cutting is already blooming about three months later. One month ago I also took some rosemary cuttings and they seem to have rooted too. Finally, in the last picture, I am showing some pelargonium cuttings, which I took yesterday.

I´d love to know if you too propagated some plants this year. As always, I´d like to encourage you to participate in Gardener´s Propagation week by publishing a post on plant propagation on your blog and sharing the link with me in the comments.
Have a great week!
Lisa

Samstag, 2. September 2017

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

Dienstag, 1. August 2017

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 6

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.

Mittwoch, 31. Mai 2017

Gardener´s Propagation week June 2017: My rose cuttings are blooming!

Dear readers,
I have been waiting for long, but finally my self-propagated roses opened their buds! I took many rose cuttings in spring and summer 2016, hoping they would produce roots and develop into plants. I must admit, propagating roses turned out to be quite a challenge. Many of my rose cuttings failed due to rotting. Nevertheless, it is such a wonderful feeling to see how some cuttings are little rose plants now. Six of them even produced buds this year and four are in bloom at the moment. Since I could´t remember which cutting is from which rose, it was a lovely surprise to see them flower for the first time. I am so pleased with their flowers and find it fascinating how such tiny plants can already produce such perfect looking flowers!

Gardener´s Propagation Week
As propagating roses was such a lovely experience for me, I would love to initiate a week every month in which I´d like to encourage other bloggers to post about the plants they propagated in their gardens or try to propagate at the moment. This, of course, could be about any kind of propagation such as taking cuttings, sowing seeds, dividing plants, or maybe some plants have self-sown in your garden. I´d be very happy if you were to participate in Gardener´s Propagation Week, which will take place in the first week of every month from now on. I´d wanted it to be a week rather than just one day as this hopefully gives you more time to participate. After participating, please share the link of your post on plant propagation in a comment. I am sure there is so much to share about plant propagation and it would be lovely to hear about your tips and tricks and results. In case you would like to try yourself in propagating roses through cuttings, now is a great time to do so. After the first rose flush is over, we will probably all be busy cutting back our roses and I am sure friends, and neighbours as well as other gardeners will be happy to share some rose cuttings with you.
If you like the idea of Gardener´s Propagation Week then please participate and share with other bloggers and gardeners.
I am looking forward to seeing your posts on plant propagation and hope you enjoy seeing my self-propagated roses!
Best wishes,
Lisa

Rose No 1: This was the first self-propagated- rose to open its buds.

Rose No 1: Here a picture of the whole plant. As you can see, the branches are very long and I am thinking of cutting them back a bit after flowering so it might grow more compact.