I added cuttings to my makeshift plant nursery today, specifically a white rugosa rose and autumn joy sedum. Autumn is a great time of year to take cuttings, allowing their root systems to develop over the winter in preparation for the next growing season and I am looking forward to using these plants to fill out areas of my garden.
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Rugosa Rose
The white rugosa rose came with my property when I bought it. It’s a beautiful crisp white with a single layer of petals and rich green foliage. Initially, it looked pretty sad with a fair amount of dead wood. I have been working on rehabilitating it by cutting back sections of die back. This year, when it showed some fresh growth and a few blooms I decided I’d like to try propagation. I ended up with 14 new cuttings and I’m excited to see how well they’ll do, especially since I’ve never propagated a rose before.
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I don’t have any close-ups of the blossoms, but I found a few pics on the internet that look like the rose I have.
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Autumn Joy Sedum
Sedums are amazing plants—remarkably resilient, late blooming when lots of other plants have faded, requirement almost no attention, and very beautiful. I have many Autumn Joy Sedum in my garden and they fill in areas so nicely, I decided to add them to my collection of cuttings this year. I planted up 16 cuttings. One set of 4 are leaves stuck in the soil. It will be interesting to compare success of the leaves versus the stems.
They are so easy to care for. I once found a random stalk that had broken off a plant. I shoved it in the ground and left it and now that broken stalk is growing exactly where I put it. Astounding. Also, the bees go nuts for it.
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Right now in September the sedum blooms are almost at their peak.
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So my makeshift nursery continues to grow. I’m always excited to see what works out and what will transpire in the spring.
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