Free Plants from Cuttings

It's a perfect time to take softwood cuttings, from shrubs and herbaceous perennials.

This time of year I cut my penstemons down to ground and the top growth gets chopped up for cuttings. I take about a 3inch piece, cut just beneath a node, dipped in rooting powder and placed around the edge of the pot. I've always got lots on the go.

I've started dahlia tubers in shallow trays and cutting those the same, cutting encourages more stems. I've found the more you cut the thinner the next stem becomes...these root better.

I think I probably split plants more than take cuttings?? I've seriously run out of room for young plants.