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Old 23-10-2006, 02:00 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Nick Maclaren Nick Maclaren is offline
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Default What plants would you take with you if you moved house.....


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Stewart Robert Hinsley writes:
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| Yes. Like my Berberis vulgaris "asperma", which the national collection
| does not have :-) But I would have hell propagating it, as the deciduous
| Berberis rarely take from cuttings, and the few seeds it produces will
| produce plants that will probably not be largely seedless ....
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| That does seem a problem - I've tried propagating Berberis from
| cuttings, evergreen ones even, in the past, without success. Does it
| sucker?

Yes and no. Only very close to the existing stems!

I originally propagated it by an aerial layer.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.