honeychile-I just saw an article in Southern Living about propagating azaleas, and I decided to try it. Wish me luck!
I didn't pick up that issue!
Here is a really easy way though-
Take a longish branch and by a joint (not to woody) give it a little slice with a very sharp knife. Use a little root stimulater and bend it into another pot with some Miracle Grow potting soil. Secure it with something-you can even use those large bobby pins-soit is fixed in the dirt. Add water and wait. This way, you can "hide" the new pot in the bigger pot and water each t the same time. Once it gets root's, you can cut the branch to separate it from the main plant. Or, just stick a branch in water-take off all but 2 or three leaves and hope.
This year we added a bird bath. It has a border of Holly for the winter red but from spring till frost it is surrounded by lantana (yellow) and some other plant I stuck in a big curve that flowers a hot-hot pink. The backdrop is fashion azaleas with a hot pink bogenviella (sp?) twisting around the birdbath.
I use perennials almost exclusively. Right now, I've got 3 trays of cutting I'm working on. Some got black leg but others are thriving. My courtyard is covered with evergreen wisteria for summer blooms. In the winter, Carolina Jasmine blooms.
We have a LOT of BEES! Today I made Hubby stay home so we can do some yard work!
Best plant in the world if you like yellow, purple or a white/yellow-LANTANA!!! So sturdy, it was once classified as a weed, but it has become a standard here.
I have TRIED and TRIED tomatoes...hornworm gets 'em every time. Have you ever SEEN one of those suckers??? (shiver-oooh ugly critter and BIG!)
I won't use pesticides.
Killarney-I failed with Lavander! I sooo wanted it to work out! Maybe I cared too much!
