September 25, 2008

Easiness of propagating succulents - drought resistant plants...

Ultra extremely easy... you just pick a piece, without roots, simply piece of the branch and stick it into the soil. No watering is needed. The speed of growth depends on the kind - on the picture, you can see: tiny pieces planted on 19th of August (L) and same plants today (R), which is after one month. Two of them almost tripled its size, rest starts to get wider by sprouting new branches. That is ootdoor.

On the windowsill, indoor, little leaf of that lovely plant fell on the soil.

Can you see growing roots and new leaves?
By the way - I forgot its name, do you know it?

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Ewa, thanks for showing us what wonderful plants the sedums are. I especially like how they don't even need the gardener, they root where they touch the earth, what more can you ask of a plant? ;->

Frances
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garden girl said...

Hi Ewa, succulents are such fascinating plants!

I stuck some sedum cuttings from a client's plant into my garden a couple of weeks ago. I hope there's enough time for them to root before the first frost!

Yolanda Elizabet Heuzen said...

LOL, that really is very easy, even a person without green thumbs can do it. Lovely pics Ewa!

Britt-Arnhild said...

Hi Ewa.

How great that your garden still grow busily at this time of the year.

I guess it gets dark around the same time here in Norway and in Poland now, so close to September 21st when days and nights are the same.

Lisa at Greenbow said...

This is one of the reasons I love succulents Ewa. They are so easy. I rarely know the species becasue most are sold as "succulent".

Anonymous said...

very beautiful photography. life does on. thanks for your visit and kind comments

Visual Vamp said...

I love these, but here in New Orleans it is too moist and humid for the easiness of propating them LOL. They often get too wet and rot. But I have one Burrows Tail that I have nursed along, and it is very pretty.

Anonymous said...

I do like the succulents and, I think Martha would approve! LOL Gotta love Martha, she IS the definition of 'The American Dream'.

CIELO said...

Good morning Ewa! I love coming here--your garden, and your name evoke just that--Paradise!

Have a lovely weekend!

cielo

Anonymous said...

Hi Ewa,
succulents are really interesting plants. With their stunning rosettes in a variety of juicy colours, tender succulents are perfect for pots—and easy-care, too. You want to extent your collections. You are hooked:)
Cheers Gisela

Anonymous said...

This week (when it was just 2 degrees above zero F for several nights) I went in my barn to check on some large stored pots of Japanese maple trees. I approached them and thought, "What are those weeds growing on the soil surface of the pots?" and got closer and guess what? Sedums! From little bits that must have fallen inside the rims who knows when or from where. Easy, yes, and even in deep cold they are GROWING.

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