Lenten rose? Some one I know has a Lenten rose and I own a...
Some one I know has a Lenten rose and I own a perfect place surrounded by the garden for one, but its February and you can only sow the seed from September to November, I don¡¯t fancy waiting that long so is there a faster road of propagation?
(there isn¡¯t really a good place to clutch a cutting the with the sole purpose type of stem really is a stem of flowers with a couple of small leafs, if I took a branch of and treat that as a cutting (the branch is like on a stem) would it strike and shoot from the sides?
Answers: The Lenten Rose (Helleborus orientalis) can also be propagated by division.
Alice B. Russell, retired Extension Specialist, NC State University say
it can be propagated by division in spring:
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consu...
Michigan State U. Extension states:
"Division is done contained by spring or fall but the roots are brittle and efficiently injured."
http://web1.msue.msu.edu/imp/modzz/00000...
This source from Floridata (Tallahassee, Florida) says to divide contained by late summer or autumn.
Yikes!!! If grown from kernel ... seedlings pinch three years to bloom.
http://www.floridata.com/ref/H/hellebor....
"Plants can be divided in the spring taking effort not to damage the brittle roots and making sure that factor of the crown is left next to each piece."
http://www.buckeyegardening.com/potm0405...
Here's how:
Simple Division
http://grahamrice.com/hellebore//propaga...
Productive Division
http://grahamrice.com/hellebore//propaga...
P.S. You might find this forum interesting:
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/...
Good Luck! Hope this help.
1. good things come to those who hang about
2. my mother used to take a piece of a rose, push it into the garden and turn a jar over the piece to backing maintain moisture & protect it from the elements. She have good nouns starting roses this way.