How to take cuttings in autumn
LEARNING new gardening skills is exciting and so is getting free plants! You can do both by trying your hand at taking stem-tip and semi-ripe cuttings now from perennial plants and shrubs in your own or a friend’s garden. Struck in small pots or cell trays and protected over winter on a windowsill indoors or in a frost-free greenhouse, they’ll make sturdy plants to set out as the weather improves.
My 15 top species of flowering perennials and shrubs listed in the panel (right) are widely grown in the UK. The hardy ones will be easiest because they
