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| Very silly question I'm sure, but I have a bed of lamium growing nicely, and I'd like to use some of it in my flower boxes on my porch. I went in to dig some up but it looks so lovely right now I hate to go in and dig up roots. Since lamium spreads and creates it's own roots so to speak, would it work if I just cut a long stem of it, and planted it right inside the dirt of my flower boxes? |
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| I don't see why it wouldn't. I've got Golden Anniversary, and while I did just dig up a small clump for our local swap meet including roots, I don't see why you couln't take one or more of those long stems and just placed them back in contact with the soil when you move it. |
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| My lamium layers itself given half the chance. I don't know if a cut piece will root, but I'm sure it will if you just take a long stem still attached to the plant, let it contact the ground & put a little soil over it, and wait a bit. Then you can dig up the new plant. |
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| The cut pieces will root, I have propagated my Lamium maculatum Silver Beacon via cuttings multiple times. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Tue, May 31, 11 at 17:18
| if you have a big plot.. ID a well rooted piece ... just stick a hand shovel in.. circle around .. and pull out the clump.. refill the hole.. and i would bet in a week or two. the hole will be covered over ... or do it on an edge ... it is so aggressive .... i just dont see why you need to fear cutting into a large mass.. nor would i want to fool around with rooting it ... these are 'run it over with the truck' plants.. and you seem to want to build a hospital and set up an ICU ... regardless.. the only silly question.. is the one you dont ask ... so keep asking.. and keep learning .... now just go for it ... you have a whole BED!!!! how much doubt can you have that you will fail???? ken |
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| ken you make me smile :) I have come a long way in 2 years but underneath it all I still find myself surprised when things actually GROW... lol |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 1, 11 at 9:00
| lol.. kinda figured.. but when you start the facts with the point that you have a WHOLE BED of them .. ya gotta suck it up and admit it is nearly a weed.. lol ... ken |
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