On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 12:06:37 +0100, Victoria Clare
wrote:

~"Steve" wrote in
:
~
~ Hi
~ I've had a nice show on the patio with million bells and verbena. Does
~ anyone know whether I can keep these through winter and if it's
~ possible to take cuttings
~
~You can overwinter million bells in a greenhouse (or I can, anyway) though
~they start to lose their oomph after a few years.
~
~Verbena takes well from cuttings. Haven't tried petunias, but would guess
~they'd do well too.
~
I have had quite a lot of pink millionbells this year which all grew
from a leggy overwintered plant. Pop 6" cuttings in water and wait a
couple of weeks or so and they root really easily.


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jane

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