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Cuttings from wallflowers?
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Posted by Amanda1 SE England (My Page) on Wed, Oct 26, 05 at 15:47
| I have recently taken loads of cuttings from my Erysimum 'Bowles mauve' and every single one has rooted in record time.
This has got me thinking. If I tried taking cuttings from bedding wallflowers, would they also root? I know they are Cheiranthus rather than Erysimum, but they are obviously related.
Has anyone tried this? I'm going to give it a go anyway. |
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RE: Cuttings from wallflowers?
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I'm sure you can but as it is so easy to grow vigorous plants annually from seed I don't think it is a common practice. Cheiranthus cheiri the wallflower is synonymous with Erysimum cheiri - if I'm not behind with my
nomemclature.
Botanically Cheiranthus is not distinct from Erysimum. Peter. My Website |
RE: Cuttings from wallflowers?
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| My problem is that I am not always organised enough to have planted seed at the right time, although I have grown my own many times. Also I don't have an awful lot of space to grow up enough stock during the summer. I usually take out all the terminal buds from wallflowers anyway, to make them bush, so I might as well try rooting them. I can't bear to see a bit of plant wasted! |
RE: Cuttings from wallflowers?
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| I love the orange bedder variety of wallflower and have some plants in flower in the garden now. There are lots of different shades of orange in the flowers and no two plants are identical either. However, one plant has brighter and cheerier flowers and still looks immaculate after the rain compared to the others so I will have a go at taking cuttings from this one. I think it should be easy with cuttings taken from the spring growth. |
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