French Botanist Philibert Commerson first discovered the Hydrangea in China in 1761.
If his ghost visited my West Cork polytunnel. He would find over fifty newly rooted cuttings like this one:
I grew my shrub cuttings in homemade compost in plant pots covered with plastic bottle cloches.
I will eventually pot them on into bigger plant pots and I will eventually plant some in the garden and sell them at a carboot sale next summer.
That's if old Jack Frost and his wife don't get them of course. I think they will be OK residing in the polytunnel.
I only have to wait two years for them to flower. I have seen them for sale in Lidl for 10 Euros. Mine cost me nothing!
Any one else busy propagating shrubs?
You have just given me an idea.... we still have some spaces in the new plot ...thanks Dave
ReplyDeleteI am pleased to have inspired you JayCee. I some times grow plants in pots then when they get bigger plant them in the gardens.
ReplyDeleteThis post reminds me that I must prune our hydrangea bush. It has got too big and leggy too. I never knew that they originated in China. Thanks for that Dave. It might come up in a pub quiz.
ReplyDeleteTake some cuttings YP. Thanks!
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