Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Garden #122, 0 by dyzzypyxxy

dyzzypyxxy wrote:
My cutting of the Red Cloak was already rooted when I got it. It was a twig with a few leaves, about a foot long. I potted it up in regular potting mix and it took off. We'll have to ask Rita next time she pops in to the forum, how she rooted it.

But with a lot of these vigorous tropical shrubs and perennials, you can often just stick a cutting in the ground or in seed starting medium, keep it watered daily for a while, and it will root. Especially in summer with our high humidity, it's like a greenhouse here!

I have "stuck" several cuttings of my 'Hot Lips' salvia, and also the porterweeds and had them jump right up. Of course, with coleus you can just drop cuttings on the ground and they'll root.