{"id":2483,"date":"2019-10-10T00:00:11","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T07:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-166\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T10:37:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T17:37:10","slug":"on-propagating-clerodendrum-trichotomum","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/on-propagating-clerodendrum-trichotomum\/","title":{"rendered":"on propagating Clerodendrum trichotomum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>When and how can I propagate a glorybower? There are suckers coming up at the base of the plant.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Regarding propagating <em>Clerodendrum trichotomum<\/em> (harlequin glorybower), the book <em>Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles Vol. I<\/em> (by W. J. Bean, 1981, p. 667) says that shrubs can be propagated by root-cuttings, or by the young suckers which frequently spring from the roots.<\/p>\n<p>Since you mentioned that there were suckers (gardening term) coming up around the plant, it is most likely the species is <em>C. trichotomum<\/em> and not <em>C. bungei<\/em> (one of the others commonly grown in our climate). <em>C. bungei<\/em>, according to the same source, should be divided in the spring.<\/p>\n<p>Another source, <em>Flora, Vol. 1<\/em>, (chief consultant, Sean Hogan, 2003, p. 393) says regarding Clerodendrum (genus-level information) that propagation is done by sowing seed in spring or by taking cuttings of half-hardened wood during winter or summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When and how can I propagate a glorybower? There are suckers coming up at the base of the plant. Regarding propagating Clerodendrum trichotomum (harlequin glorybower), the book Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles Vol. I (by W. J. Bean, 1981, p. 667) says that shrubs can be propagated by root-cuttings, or by the young suckers which frequently spring from the roots. Since you mentioned that there were suckers (gardening term) coming up around the plant, it is most&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/on-propagating-clerodendrum-trichotomum\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">on propagating Clerodendrum trichotomum<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[399,400],"class_list":["post-2483","pal","type-pal","status-publish","hentry","keyword-clerodendrum","keyword-woody-plant-propagation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal\/2483"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pal"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=2483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}