Friday, September 24, 2010

Addicted to propagating plants?

When we moved in, I took inventory of all the plants around the house. There wasn't much there as we had a pretty frosty winter. Many of the tropical landscaping plants didn't survive the cold spills.

Here's what I found:

Moses in the Boat
Dracaena Marginata
Croton
Ti Tree
Bird of Paradise
Shefflera

Caladium
and then two other plants I'm still unable to identify.

The Dracaena was the first one I took cuttings from and I've been doing it every since. I can't stop! I have two huge stock plants in the front yard. They are very bushy and just by looking at their many trunks, they must have been cut down many times. I take cuttings every 3 weeks or so. I really enjoy seeing them root and grow as individual plants - it's so amazing.

Moses in the Boat - there isn't much I'm doing to propagate. Their babies are showing up everywhere. Once they are big enough to pull out, I put them in small pots until they are large enough to join their bigger siblings in my ever growing "Moses Patch" in the front yard. Love the purple color on the outside of the leaves. The brighter the sun, the brighter the purple. Absolutely lovely! Best of all, they don't mind drought conditions.

Croton - I'm not even sure it is a croton, I'm guessing here. However, I took cuttings from it and while they take longer to root than the Dracaena's, they do root eventually. I have two new crotons so far.

Below are the latest Dracaena cuttings, ready for a new location, halfway grown Moses plants and a sorry Shefflera I've been trying to keep alive for almost a year now:


Even though I'm not even sure where these Dracaenas are going to live, I know that I'm taking more cuttings tomorrow. The last cuttings I've rooted went right into the front yard, not in a pot. I think these might be nice in a pot maybe. Not sure!

The Shefflera - I think we're looking at a few more months in the pot and some more research as to what I'm going wrong (thing won't grow).

Moses plants are no biggy, they'll go live with their larger siblings in the front yard (very pretty display).

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