Tough Snowberry :-)
I took a cutting of a snowberry growing by the side of a main road last
year. Even though I covered it with a plastic bag, the leaves fell off after a few months, leaving a thin stalk. At the end of last year, I was emptying the pot to put away, and I noticed the stalk had a couple of short roots at the bottom. Not expecting much, I put it back in compost and left it in the back garden. Now, against all expectation, the thing has a couple of small leaves growing. |
Tough Snowberry :-)
On 23/03/2018 14:18, Dan S. MacAbre wrote:
I took a cutting of a snowberry growing by the side of a main road last year. Even though I covered it with a plastic bag, the leaves fell off after a few months, leaving a thin stalk. At the end of last year, I was emptying the pot to put away, and I noticed the stalk had a couple of short roots at the bottom. Not expecting much, I put it back in compost and left it in the back garden. Now, against all expectation, the thing has a couple of small leaves growing. Be careful what you wish for it is quite an invasive thug in a small garden - rather more so than ivy or honeysuckle IME. -- Regards, Martin Brown |
Tough Snowberry :-)
Martin Brown wrote:
On 23/03/2018 14:18, Dan S. MacAbre wrote: I took a cutting of a snowberry growing by the side of a main road last year. Even though I covered it with a plastic bag, the leaves fell off after a few months, leaving a thin stalk. At the end of last year, I was emptying the pot to put away, and I noticed the stalk had a couple of short roots at the bottom. Not expecting much, I put it back in compost and left it in the back garden. Now, against all expectation, the thing has a couple of small leaves growing. Be careful what you wish for it is quite an invasive thug in a small garden - rather more so than ivy or honeysuckle IME. I gathered that, since it is everywhere around here :-) I'll put it somewhere where it hopefully won't have room to go far. |
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