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| Garden Tool | Make new plants by taking softwood cuttings. Cuttings Through the Year, a booklet published by the Arboretum Foundation(available for sale at the Washington Park Arboretum gift shop) suggests which plants to propagate month by month and how to do it. A few September plants include: Rock Rose, Salal, Lavender, Holly, Penstemon, evergreen azaleas, Sweet box, Salvia, California Lilac and many others. For a tutorial on taking softwood cuttings go online to a Fine Gardening article complete with clear color photos: www.taunton.com/finegardening/pages/g00002.asp | |
| Keywords | Sarcococca, Salvia, Rhododendron, Propagation, Plant cuttings, Penstemon, Lavandula, Holly, Gaultheria shallon, Cistus, Ceanothus | |
| Season | All Season | |
| Created Date | 2006-10-23 | |
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