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Thanks for the video - i tried taking cuttings from my penstemon garnet last year but they failed and the plant has died over the winter. I love that variety so will buy another and make more of a concerted effort to do better at cuttings!
Hi Sophie. Yes, unfortunately my Penstemon died this winter too. My plant suppliers also lost a lot of their plug plants so plant availability has also been greatly reduced for this year. A lesson learnt for many of us! Garnet is still a great variety though so enjoy the flowers once you buy another 🌸
@@diyhomeandgardening sorry to hear that yours died too. Mine was pretty old so I'm not surprised it didn't make it through. I'm hoping Beth Chatto will have some available soon. Just realised I posted this on the l your sedum video rather than the penstemon one 🤦♀️
@@sophiedonnelly8013 No problem where you post messages. I haven’t been to Beth Chatto for a long time but keep meaning to as it’s only about an hour from me. Enjoy the sunshine this weekend 🌸
I have divided mine as per your instructions & all seems well. 👍🏻👍🏻 My question is actually about Rosemary (looking at my sedum cuttings made me look at my Rosemary cuttings, which are doing very well so thank you) & reminded me to ask you how big can you let a Rosemary bush grow? I saw one on a stony bank which had very similar soil/stone to my bank where I plant my herbs & it was the size of a Skimmia & much more like a small tree. It looked happy & natural with good top foliage. I need to make a squat screening hedge that looks interesting & vaguely haphazard as suits the old bank & as the soil has very good drainage & is stony, shrub bushes & herb bushes look very good there & do well. Do I need to do anything special to get a Rosemary to this size? I have plenty of small ones for cooking so this would be for a natural look & the insects with no need for tender foliage. Thanks so much. 👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The easy answer is to select a more compact, prostrate, form of Rosemary like Rosemary Green Ginger or a dwarf form like Roman Beauty. As it’s an evergreen then pruning can be done between May and September. My mum has normal Rosemary Miss Jessops Upright which, up until a short while ago when I cut it back loads, was about 5’ in height. I’ve seen some great hedges of Rosemary but you do need to have good drainage which it sounds like you do.
Hi Kathy. Many thanks for watching and the message. I imagine that your variety would also propagate from leaf cuttings, although it would be very fiddly next their size. That variety does root like a weed when it creeps across the ground so I would just take a load of stem cuttings. If you try from leaves then please let me know how they do. All the best 🌼🪴
Thanks for watching and for your message. These Sedums are perfectly hardy in the U.K. so long as they are in a free draining soil, not sitting wet during the winter months. Most Sedum are hardy here so no need to put them into a greenhouse.
@@annbashir5888. They don’t tend to set seed in the U.K. so I’m not sure how easy they would be if you could source some. Enjoy growing them though as the bees and butterflies love the late nectar.
Thank you for showing the two ways of propagating Sedum. Does this apply to Sedum Ternatum. If i want to propagate by division can i just plant it in another part of the yard. Also if i try to do it through leaf cutting, how long do i keep it inside and well watered before planting it outside since it's evergreen and shade loving? Thank you
Hi Diana, Many thanks for watching and messaging. I didn’t know of Sedum ternatum as it’s not a plant that we readily have in the U.K.. Having looked it up then it would be easy to propagate by division, and yes you could just plant the new sections straight into the garden or into pots to establish. I honestly don’t know how easy it would be to propagate by leaf cutting but as it has individual leaves then it should still work well. No need to put the cuttings indoors just leave them outside to root through. I probably wouldn’t keep the cuttings too wet but certainly place them in a shaded position. If you try leaf cuttings then perhaps you could let me know if they work on your particular species of Sedum. Good luck with the experimenting, I’m sure leaf cuttings will work though. 🌼
Hi Sally. Thanks for watching and your message. I have tried taking leaf cuttings in spring and had good success so I would imagine that summer would also work well, so long as the cuttings didn’t get too dry. Honestly they root pretty easily so imagine they are one of those plants that cuttings could be made most of the time. Have fun trying 🌼
No I don’t grow that particular variety as to be honest it is a pain and not the toughest plant. We sell it at my garden centre but the sparkle series of sedums are notorious for dying back if they get over watered and are not in a free draining compost. Hope that explains why yours are also struggling. Good luck with keeping them alive 🌼🪴
Hi. Thanks for watching and your message. The Sedum leaves will take about a month to produce roots, only producing small fibrous types. It will take until next year to have a decent sized plant that is capable of flowering. Hope that helps 🌸
I have Mojave Jewels Red Sedum. When utilizing the leaf method that you showed in your video, I have an eastern facing porch with an overhang. Do you think this method in this location would work appropriately over the winter?
Hi Joseph. Thanks for watching and message. Ruby jewels is a great variety. The dark leaved types take longer to root but can still be propagated in the same way. In the porch would work okay but you may find the leaf dulls in colour if it’s not got access to natural daylight. I would take cuttings in autumn rather than wait for winter. Enjoy
@@diyhomeandgardening Yes, my plan was to cut the leaves this fall and put into the soil over the winter and be ready for planting in the spring. Are we on the same page?
@@josephbutler5230. That would work, yes. On the guess that you are in the USA it may be worth trying some cuttings now and again in autumn to see which works best in your climate.
