Good afternoon,

I've been offered the chance of taking some cuttings from a friend's
bottlebrush plant. Any advice on as to when and how the cuttings should
be taken, would be most welcome.

"pea_thrower" <pea_thrower [at] yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1152097401.365645.161340 [at] p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
> Good afternoon,
>
> I've been offered the chance of taking some cuttings from a friend's
> bottlebrush plant. Any advice on as to when and how the cuttings should
> be taken, would be most welcome.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It has been the very best year for bottlebrush I've known. They are
splendid and very attractive~ our peculiar summer seems to have been just
right for them..
Not the easiest to take but June/July is correct. Use 3to4" heeled,
semi-ripe, laterals. Use a 50% sand/peat mix and bottom heat of 20C. Will
take a few weeks to root.
Best Wishes Brian.
>

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> It has been the very best year for bottlebrush I've known. They are
> splendid and very attractive~ our peculiar summer seems to have been just
> right for them..
> Not the easiest to take but June/July is correct. Use 3to4" heeled,
> semi-ripe, laterals. Use a 50% sand/peat mix and bottom heat of 20C. Will
> take a few weeks to root.
> Best Wishes Brian.
> >
Oh dear, my bottlebrush is been rubbish this year, I very nearly gave
it its marching orders :-)

kate

In article <MPG.1f161e845702a163989742 [at] news.plus.net>,
Kate Morgan <katemorgan [at] btinternet.com> writes:
|>
|> Oh dear, my bottlebrush is been rubbish this year, I very nearly gave
|> it its marching orders :-)
|>
|> kate

Mine has been overwintering and has grown, but has not flowered. It is
only 1' high as yet.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Brian wrote:
> "pea_thrower" <pea_thrower [at] yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1152097401.365645.161340 [at] p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
> > Good afternoon,
> >
> > I've been offered the chance of taking some cuttings from a friend's
> > bottlebrush plant. Any advice on as to when and how the cuttings should
> > be taken, would be most welcome.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> It has been the very best year for bottlebrush I've known. They are
> splendid and very attractive~ our peculiar summer seems to have been just
> right for them..
> Not the easiest to take but June/July is correct. Use 3to4" heeled,
> semi-ripe, laterals. Use a 50% sand/peat mix and bottom heat of 20C. Will
> take a few weeks to root.
> Best Wishes Brian.
> >

Thanks for that Brian.