Anyone who has ever rooted cuttings will know how happy this has made me. But more so. And also somewhat surprised.
I was a little slow off the mark to propagate Bidens aurea ‘Hannay’s Lemon Drop’. This 1m high beauty has had a tough year. Out of necessity it had to be moved mid season. A new fence was being erected to prevent the pygmy goats getting their heads stuck through the gaps again. I am still having nightmares about the last time this happened. They might be little, but they are very strong. Wire cutters were involved. Anyway I digress. At the same time as smaller gauge fencing was installed the boundary was amended.
Moving a plant in July is not ideal treatment, but to add insult to injury its new home was to be the compacted, subsoil replete, inhospitable, Larch Tree bed. After a chop back, lots of compost and sweet words sung, it has romped away. Enough to spare a few cuttings. Which have made this amount of root in two weeks. I may have been forgiven. I am very happy.
Off The Edge Gardening 
Love it. I know exactly how glad a rooted cutting makes you!
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Of all people, you should!
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You are so good at giving us sunshine yellows and roots to boot. In two weeks? That must have been a lot of TLC.
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That was the amazing thing, no TLC whatsoever. Just prepared, stuck in a pot with a plastic bag over the top and checked once. 🙂
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Oh, so casual, some people just have the knack!
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Fluke!
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Nice!!!
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Making plants from plants! It’s a small miracle. Who wouldn’t be excited?
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It is, keeping them alive is the tricky bit ….. 😉
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AWESOME!!!
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🙂
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Bravo!
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You are entitled to be happy. May I enquire as to the compost you used? I guess it’s peat-free and the texture looks very nicer than the compost I use for cuttings.
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Yes peat free, this was actually Miracle-Gro which I haven’t used before, seems to be very good! I mixed it with a bit of old seed compost.
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Let’s hope it rewards you with bountiful colours next year.
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