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| Rose Cuttings |
On Wednesday, M was here and he pruned the rose bushes. He took some cuttings and set them in a pot with soil to see if they will root. We spritzed the soil with some water, stood the pot in a bowl to catch any water that might seep out, stuck two chopsticks to act as supports, and covered the whole thing with a plastic bag:
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| The Covered Rose Cuttings |
The chopsticks will hold the bag up and the bag will provide a nice humid environment. We will now wait and see if anything happens over the next several days weeks.
Wednesday was another sunny and warm day. M enjoyed his share of the blueberry muffins and said he couldn't tell that the muffins were made without salt. Later in the afternoon, during daughter's lunch break, we strolled around the garden for a little bit and admired the flowers and the plants. She amused herself trying to take a picture of a painted lady butterfly:
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| Spot the Butterfly? |
It's perched on one of the lantana flowers.
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| Do you see it now? |
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| How about now? |
I had a salmon sandwich for brunch and daughter had a bagel with salad and a fried egg. For dinner, daughter had a burrito from the freezer and I had some spagetti with chicken. We shared an apple for fruit and I had a cookie, too. We both had cereal as a snack.
On Wednesday, I was grateful for:
- The lovely weather we are having
- M's help with the garden
- Time to relax and enjoy knitting
- Electricity
- M's help with the garden
- Time to relax and enjoy knitting
- Electricity
- Phone calls from friends
Wednesday's joyful activity was enjoying the garden with daughter.
Plans for Thursday include ordering groceries and knitting.
How was your Wednesday? What are your plans for Thursday?
The butterflies really liked our lantana last summer. Do you ever use rooting hormone when you are trying to root cuttings?
ReplyDeleteButterflies do like lantana, don't they? I have tried rooting hormone when trying to root cuttings, but, very often, I just put cuttings in water to root them. M had already potted up the rose cuttings yesterday, and I forgot to ask him if he used a rooting hormone. I shall ask him when I see him tomorrow.
DeleteI will be interested to see how the rose cutting does.
ReplyDeleteOur lantana becomes dormant in the winter, but in the summer it is butterfly central.
I don't think I have ever seen a painted lady though.
I shall post updates on the rose cuttings; I'd be thrilled if they root! We seem to get quite a few painted lady butterflies here. I think we might be on their migration route.
DeleteCoincidentally, on another blog there was a lady trying to root rose cuttings. She had a rooting tray thingy set up - sort of looked like 5 scientific beakers in a wooden holder.
ReplyDeleteShe had other things rooting and they were growing roots but the roses are not. But the rose cuttings were definitely taking up water and looking very lively as she had left some small leaves on it for evaluation and the leaves were plump and looking good. So maybe some internal root action is starting?
I hope yours do well.
I do a lot of hydrangea cuttings and try and get new plants with them. Basically bare cuttings snipped off right below where two leaves split then I remove all the leaves or almost all of them. The few that remain I cut in half. I am not always successful. But sometimes I am. I've also laid a branch from the bush onto the ground and put dirt over some of the branches and weigh it down with a brick. That area under the dirt will often grown roots.
My most successful hydrangea effort was accidental. I had some hydrangeas in a vase of water that dried beautifully going into fall. When Christmas was coming I yanked then out to throw them away and was very surprised that they had rooted. I went outside and could hardly dig a hole the ground was so hard but I planted them nonetheless. Imagine my surprise in the spring when the little group of hydrangea sticks budded.
I transplanted it a couple times and now, years later, it's a nice big bush.
Thank you, Debra. There seems to be several different ways to root rose cuttings, including sticking them into a potato! :)
DeleteI planted hydrangeas in the backyard when I first bought the house, but, they died. Later, I tried rooting some cuttings in water (M brought me some flowers), but, I had no luck. I generally don't have much luck with rooting things; my mother, on the other hand, could stick a dead twig in the ground and have it grow!
And look at you all caught up on my blog! :D
I've been better lately haven't I?
DeleteYes, you have! :)
DeleteKeep those flower photos coming! They make me think of spring. My sister sent me some photos of flowers popping up in England. They were lovely to see.
ReplyDeleteI shall certainly post some flower photos, especially for you, Sharon. My plants think it is spring because we've had some lovely, spring-like temperatures, this week. :)
DeleteI hope all your cuttings root. How nice to see a butterfly on the lantana. Touring the garden together would be a nice break for you both. I don't think I could ever tire of looking at gardens!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Bushlady. I am hoping with all my might that the cuttings will root and I'll have some new rose bushes to add to the garden. :) I enjoy walking around the garden and seeing if there is anything new. The other day, I found a potato plant growing from where I had a compost pit! :D
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