From the Garden
Camelia Rootings!
Posted on Nov 22, 2009 by DaMan
It's been a good 3 months since I took my July cuttings of various plants from Wilton, 1699 and Charles City County. Yesterday was a good day to check on them and I had very good (to me) results.
Many of the Camelia had sprouted roots, but they were typically only about an inch or two long. They were definitely not strong root systems, but they were root systems.
Of the other tries (I believe there was a weigelia, a birch and a snowball bush), only the viburnum put on some roots. From my first batch, it appears that I have six Camelia and 2 Snowball bushes. My guess is that the deciduous items will root better if I try them in either December or March/April.
For now, I am probably going to keep the other cuttings in their rooting container. My primary fear is that the weak root systems will not be strong enough to support these things through the Winter if placed in a pot all their own. We'll see.
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Nov 22, 2009