"Blue" wrote in message ...
"Simpledog" wrote in message
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I just cut about 12 stalks, and put them in water.

We'll see what happens.

I have a hard time believing you can just sink them in water and expect them
to thrive. Why not just poke them in potting soil and maybe ( and maybe
not) tent them for a while?

it usually works if done at the right time of year. In Feb of i think
about 1984 (zone 7) my neighbor cut his althea back severly and i took
a dozen or so of the whips, removed the lower leaves and stuck them
in a bucket with about 4 inches of water, left them in the solarium in
a shaded area, added water when needed and nearly everyone of them
sprouted. was able to have a nice line of them on the north property
line. This was when i had the lake place. My neighbor was a fine
gardner and very wise and i learned a lot from him. I can't remember
if I tipped them or not.
lee h