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Post by mountains gardener on Jan 14, 2015 17:43:08 GMT 10
Let's make a list of plants which are very easy to propagate. Many plants spread and you simply rip out what's around the mother plant:
- all mints some are invasive
- most thymes, strangely common thyme does not spread so much
- scented geraniums from cuttings (some do not survive winter here)
- lemon and lime balm
- costmary (uncommon but easy to propagate)
- niebita calamintha
- jostaberry
- comfrey (each piece of the root forms a plant)
- german iris or orris root
- everything bramble + raspberries (if you still know the variety name)
- strawberry
there are much more, but one has to be careful not to offer weeds like privet, agapanthas or cotoneaster are declared weed here.
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Post by ginger on Jan 24, 2015 11:36:57 GMT 10
Rooting Gardenias are very easy with rooting hormone and they can be placed very close together...I can get hundreds of cuttings from one spring trim! Stem must be green...not brown for roots to grow. Remove most leaves. Forsythia is easy.
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Post by mountains gardener on Feb 24, 2015 10:24:46 GMT 10
Vietnamese mint, roots in no time.
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Post by gardenlarder on Feb 24, 2015 11:23:29 GMT 10
Of course everything that can be divided - irises, dahlias, daylilies etc. They usually go well in pots at markets, especially if they are in flower.
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Post by mountains gardener on Feb 26, 2015 13:45:58 GMT 10
Yacon, supposed to be an exotic vegetable and is dead easy to grow, tastes better than Jerusalem artichoke.
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Post by mountains gardener on Mar 27, 2015 13:59:28 GMT 10
Valerian realy easy from seed.
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desertperma
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Post by desertperma on Apr 10, 2015 0:46:50 GMT 10
Figs - Via Air Layering or cuttings, though i find layering more dependable
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desertperma
New Member
If it can grow, I will grow it. If not, I will make it grow.
Posts: 14
Your Nursery: Desert Swale Nursery
Latitude: 15.77°
Elevation: 1089 m
Climate Zone: hot semi-arid
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Post by desertperma on Apr 10, 2015 0:50:21 GMT 10
Anyone tried "Crosnes" they are supposed to be easy to grow and they spread like mint
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desertperma
New Member
If it can grow, I will grow it. If not, I will make it grow.
Posts: 14
Your Nursery: Desert Swale Nursery
Latitude: 15.77°
Elevation: 1089 m
Climate Zone: hot semi-arid
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Post by desertperma on Apr 10, 2015 0:51:52 GMT 10
Ginger makes a nice ornamental plant and is easy to grow
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Post by mountains gardener on Apr 14, 2015 17:56:00 GMT 10
I have got crosnes they grow and spread under trees, but I never found any tubers big enough that I could be bothered to wash them and eat them. However, I did not search very much either. I doubt that this plant will grow in an arid region because it is a member of the mint family and the leaves are a bit floppy. Easy to propagate though.
As for the ginger I would not sell edible (the usual there are other edible gingers too) ginger, because that is like a fraud, everyone can go to the greengrocer and buy a piece of root. But apparently the native ginger has edible berries and there are other gingers with edible parts like the myoga ginger. We use ornamental gingers for our greywater system (no desert plant either!). and there is QLD arrowroot, not related to ginger but looks a bit similar and gives a tropical feel.
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Post by billfosburgh on Apr 26, 2015 22:06:09 GMT 10
spirea is easy for me
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Post by ronyon on Jul 1, 2015 10:23:24 GMT 10
Yacon, supposed to be an exotic vegetable and is dead easy to grow, tastes better than Jerusalem artichoke. I am zone 6, Southern Ohio, will it grow here? i can primo ably get it at Jungle Jims, our local exotic food superstore... |
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Post by ronyon on Jul 1, 2015 10:25:52 GMT 10
My yard is filled with mimosa sprouts and baby rose of Sharon, they are almost a nuisance.
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