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In this video David answers a question that Katie S. (a viewer on this Channel) asked. We include a summary of David's instructions at the bottom of this description. Here's what Katie S. asked:
"Thank you for the video. I just discovered this plant and I LOVE IT! Wish I had more. There's not a whole lot of info on this plant. How can you propagate it? I would like to have a drift of it in my garden"
So to show her how to propagate it, we filmed this video showing how you can take cuttings.
Join David in one of our propagation greenhouses as he takes you behind the scenes of our operation and shows you how you can take cuttings of this lovely perennial.
While he is working with the variety that Katie asked about, the same principle applies to other perennials - so you can apply the same technique to them also.
Please bear in mind that it is illegal to propagate any plants that bear a trademark (™) or are identified with a patent number. These are identified with the letters PP and followed by the Plant Patent number - this includes any that have a patent pending (PPAF).
The variety featured in this video is not patented.
If you are interested, here's link to the original video of Eupatorium 'Chocolate' or Ageratina "chocolate' as it has been renamed by botanists: • Eupatorium 'Chocolate'...
SUMMARY
Watch the video but here is a summary with some of David's key take-aways for you:
You can pretty much do this at any point during the growing season but I prefer the early part of mid-summer. You want to have young strong healthy vigorous growth that's nice and sturdy and yet not too woody. Do it too early in the season and the growth might be too soft and it would wilt. Leave it to later on in the season and there may not be enough time for your cuttings to be able to root and establish before the onset of cold weather.
With a sharp pair of pruners, snip off a good strong healthy shoot that's about four to five inches long. Then remove the lower leaves and any shoots that are down there which will leave you with a cutting that's about
four inches or so long. Take sharp pruners or a knife and snip beneath an internode (that's the nub where the nodes connect on the stem). Then dip your cutting in some rooting hormone. Speak to your local garden center for their recommendations.
For compost, I prefer a mixture of half peat and half sand. The sand provides good drainage for the cuttings to be able to drain well, and the peat keeps them nice and moist to help the roots establish very quickly. Again, check with your local garden center for this mixture.
Use something (I used a marker) and make a little hole in your compost. In a pot this size you can usually get about four or five cuttings. Pop them in evenly, around the perimeter of the pot and then give them a good watering right up to the top of the pot. We want plenty of moisture in there. Let it soak down and then cover with a plastic bag, holding it in place around the pot with a rubber band or something. This little tent, over the tops of the cuttings, will create a nice humid atmosphere inside, while allowing the cuttings to still be exposed to the sunlight. They will quickly put on roots this way. Then take the pot and put it somewhere with subdued sunlight - not direct sunlight - so that the plants can continue to grow inside this little humid tent. I occasionally shake the bag to loosen any condensation that's in there and return it to the soil.
In about four or five weeks time, you will start to see some young growth starting to appear on the tips of your cuttings. In early autumn, when your cuttings are nicely rooted and beginning to grow, remove the plastic bag and continue to water them. Keep them in a frost free place during the rest of the autumn and winter. Keep them moist, but not wet.
In the spring, you should start to see lots of young fresh growth beginning to appear above the soil level. At this point, you can transfer them to a larger pot which will help establish them, giving you lots of beautiful little perennials for you to be able to grow and enjoy in your garden.
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