Bougainvillaea
 

I have tried numerous times and numerous ways to get cuttings of our plant
to grow without success. Is there a secret I need to know?

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Regards
Bob Hobden

Bougainvillaea
 

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I have tried numerous times and numerous ways to get cuttings of our plant
to grow without success. Is there a secret I need to know?


Bottom heat and mist during summer (April to September) about 6" long, I
use 3 node cuttings with two leaves removed. It is possible to do hard
wood cuttings when they are dormant but its a bit heavy on the
propagating material especially in the uk where they don't make that much
heavy wood. Cultivars vary a good bit in how easy they are, I have a pink
that roots in about 10 days while a purple takes 3 months.
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Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

Bougainvillaea
 

"Charlie Pridham" wrote
after Bob Hobden asked...
I have tried numerous times and numerous ways to get cuttings of our
plant
to grow without success. Is there a secret I need to know?


Bottom heat and mist during summer (April to September) about 6" long, I
use 3 node cuttings with two leaves removed. It is possible to do hard
wood cuttings when they are dormant but its a bit heavy on the
propagating material especially in the uk where they don't make that much
heavy wood. Cultivars vary a good bit in how easy they are, I have a pink
that roots in about 10 days while a purple takes 3 months.

Thanks Charlie, so the cuttings are best taken late spring/ summer.
I have always tried to take them at the same time as my Pels, August/Sept,
so perhaps that is the problem.
Our's is a flesh pink one so hopefully if I take the cuttings at the correct
time it will root quickly.

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Regards
Bob Hobden