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Wed, May 4, 11 at 17:27
This last December, inspired by GWers, I had alot of fun creating 2 decorative outdoor urns for the winter. Into each of my 2 cast iron urns I set a big pot of dirt (to anchor them) and then stuck in it lots of cuttings, watered, and sprayed the rhodo branches w/ anti-dessicant. See the red stems and yellow stems(Cornus alba Ivory Halo and Acer negundo Winter Lightning)? Well, we had a LOT of snow cover on those urns this winter and come March, they were still looking pretty good, so I let them stay til spring. A week ago, I went out to dismantle them but lo and behold, the cornus and acer cutting were all sprouting!! I know i took off bottom branches so these would fit tightly in the pots, but I had no idea they would survive/root/sprout like the ridiculously-easy-to-propagate willow genus. Hooray!!!
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| That is great. I did the same thing this winter. I did not do them in a pot I have a raised garden bed that I use as a nursery holding area that I have built the soil up with compost and a bag of Miracle Gro garden soil. 2 Purple Smoke bushes All of these were done with pieces that I was clipping to shape the bushes. I did not think it would work but I figured they were going to be trashed I may as well see if they will root. To my amazement everything rooted. |
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- Posted by arbo_retum z5 WinchstrMA (My Page) on Wed, May 4, 11 at 19:57
| no kidding! that is so COOL! now marquest, you DID say rhododendrons? you just stuck a woody branch down in the ground?that's aMAzing! mindy |
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| Yes. I just cut the limbs and stuck them in the ground. No rooting hormone or anything. These are the monster Rhodies in front of the house. LOL   |
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| That's a nice surprise! I rooted several dogwood cuttings over winter last year, and they had a great success rate. I'd like to try to do a nice winter container like yours this year. |
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| Yeah, I put some redtwig dogwood into a block of oasis in a porch pot for the holidays some years back. It looked good, so it sat there all winter. When I went to pull it out in late April roots were shooting out the sides of the oasis block. So, I just planted it. |
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- Posted by arbo_retum z5 WinchstrMA (My Page) on Thu, May 5, 11 at 14:28
| (as we are known for saying here in MA): WICKED good :-) you win the prize so far- No Soil!! That even trumps my experience a few yrs back- of laying thick salix branches on the ground- as a path edge- and the branches sprouted !! best, mindy www.cottonarboretum.com/ |
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| That is a good idea. I will try it this winter. I read that it is easy to root Heuchera in the floral foam kept moist. |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Thu, May 5, 11 at 16:27
| That's really pretty! |
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