I have finally got a place of my own and I have taken some cuttings from my mothers plants most of them I can identify but these three puzzle me.

1. The first pant has thick leaves that are not shiny they are mainly green with frosted tips on the end and produce lovely red berries for the birds.

2. The second plant resembles the Euonmus but at its full size it only goes to knee height and the plant is 26 years old!!!

3. The final plant I know is some form of fern but has a blue tinge and is incredibly soft to touch not like ones I have seen at the garden centre.

4. The fourth plant keeps its leaves right up until January they come back end of February with gorgeous baby pink flowers.

I have taken heel cuttings and they seem to be doing ok so far although it’s only been a week I am optimistic. Sadly the same cannot be said about the fourth plant and I think I might need to do a hardwood cutting (rather than semi-ripe) as I tried softwood cutting earlier in spring which failed, does anyone else have a suggestion?