I feel you on the mom thing ...my mom passed when I was young and she loved to garden ...it was her birthday recently it's always tough losing someone like that but especially hard when your dealing with one of there favorite subjects or hobbies when they were still around ..
Thanks, yeah mama was amazing with gardening, that woman could grow anything and did! Banana trees, orchids, trained bonsais, you name it she could grow it. From the time I was a tiny little thing she'd walk me around the yard and tell me all the different plant names and what family they were from. I wish I could remember half of what she taught me.
Throw smoke tree/bush (cotinus coggygria) into the mix, for ease of propagation and attractive purple foliage plants.
I'll check those out, thanks for the tip!
i used to work with a nursery. we operated solely on online sales. the owners were old plant enthusiasts and almost everything is propagated from cutting to date. almost..
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I just took several mandevilla, rose, hydrangea and japanese maple cuttings yesterday, hoping to get some good roots. The mandevilla's sell for $30 each no matter where you go, the hydrangeas will be great $5.97 plants if I have success with them. From what I've found out you don't need permission for that, as long as you don't promote them as branded types.
I threw a couple of pieces of this plant we're talking about in some water to see if I can get some roots that way. Here are some shots of the cuttings from the one in question, you can see the colors a lot better, especially in the one with the sun shining on it.
