Morning All
Thought I would revive an old thread, I got 2 big pots of these from Homebase on Friday, they had been in the reduced section for £4.99 each since Wednesday so I grabbed one of the garden people and asked if they would knock some more off , they knocked them down to £3.50 each then with the 20% off they were running got them for £2.80!
Anyway being in the reduced section they were worst for wear, not as bad as some of the half dead monsters I have bought from there they were more in need of a bit of attention, so I took them home and did absolutely nothing with them until last night! (typical
) Dead headed all the dead flowers, cut back brown foliage and was left with about half a biggish bush per pot, they have been sat in a feed water mixture all night and look better for it today.
Anyway my question, eventually! We had a mishap and part of one of the plants snapped off, I split it into about 8 seperate pieces and then stripped leaves and the outer skin and put them in water to see if they sprout any roots, is there anything else I can do to these to encourage root growth?
Also what are the ideal conditions for the others, trying to decide where to plant them but don't know what they prefer? And finally do these die down in winter and then come back every year?
Thanks in advance