"stuart noble" wrote in message ...

On 04/11/2012 09:46, wrote:
http://www.hedgenursery.co.uk/produc... 04%2F11%2F12



But why pay? Go to your local bit of wild ground, pick twigs &
berries to stick in the ground. I'd forget the pears, and include a
few more.


NT

/
/As with any plant, I guess what you're buying is x years of proven
/growth. Most, but not all, of my cuttings die, and often they take a
/year to do that.

Yes I agree, out of the 25 bare root, 2 year old elderberry plants I
purchased, 24 were 'takers'. Mind you, I received them in October, which is
the best time to plant. 2 years on, they're all about 1 metre high, so
hopefully, 2013 will be a reasonable Summer ...

The guy in my homebrew shop, showed an interest in them, but he only wanted
a couple for his garden. So I took a dozen cuttings in July, popped them in
my coldframe, but so far only 4 have survived. Come Spring, will any be
alive? I have my doubts. Maybe July is too early for cuttings or (more
likely) the golden leaved variety, is a touch more finicky the native
Sambucus nigra.