to prune a brug, unnamed, white. It is in the ground and survived well during this past winter. It is now about 8-10 ft. tall and well branched. It doesn't look too good right now but it will when I get a chance to do something w/it - read "have someone do something w/it as I am not physically able to do yard work yet, if ever". I have a couple of friends who will do whatever needs doing if it is rather light work. (Of course I have a yard service but they aren't any help here w/this sort of thing.) I have kept most things potted but the brug kept falling over so I had it planted and it has bloomed and done great. My clematis is still in its pot so I'll be able to salvage that but the star jasmine sent roots thru the bottom of its pot and it looks and smells so nice right by the front door that I'm not going to try to move that - just buy another. Again my unknown plumerias survived being outside all winter so they will go w/us and into the ground - better in the ground than in pots (more protection from the weather). Luckily I kept my Cl. Cecile Brunner sweetheart rose in a pot and I'll cut that back and move that. The butterfly vine (no Latin name known by me) is in a pot and one of the roots is firmly in the ground but experience w/this tells me that I just need to cut that root off and it will grow here and I will have the main plant to take w/me. So, really all I need to know is about the brug. The new owners can do what they want w/the remains but I'll have at least one cutting and maybe more to grow and share w/my family and friends.
I need to get on this, I think, and if you can give me some simple advice about taking cuttings and getting them calloused, etc and then replanting I surely would appreciate it Thanks, thanks, thanks in advance for your help.
Ann
Now I need to know how
Ann, Brug cuttings root very easily in water. Take cuttings from above the "Y" and they will bloom quicker. Length really doesn't matter. At this time of year, choose branches that were new late last year so that the area of the branch that will be sending out the roots is not green green. The "bark' on stem will have started to turn light brown. Take cuttings that have a diameter of at least 1/2 inch. You can take cuttings with a larger diameter as well. Remove all the large leaves, but leave the smaller ones.
Use jars, either plastic or glass. Place about 2-1/2" to 3" of room temperature water in the jar and add about 1/4 to 1/2 tsp of hyddrogen peroxide in the water. This helps keep the water cleaner for a longer period. Change the water often. Don't crowd the cuttings. The cuttings will form little white nubs then send out roots from them. You can plant the cuttings in small plastic pots once they have formed the nubs or you can wait until they have formed 1" roots. Pot carefully or the roots will break. Keep in bright but indirect light until they start to put out new leaves. Then you can move them to a locatiion where they get morning sun and afternoon shade.
Thank you, bettydee, for all the information. I thought I had read that it was easy but there is so much material on these that going back thru the threads was going to be really time consuming. I think I will try that way of doing things w/several plants that I have and that are at the new house that I think people will be interested in having so I can share w/them.
Ann