Tip on Taking Summer Cuttings

Remove healthy, pest and disease free shoot tips about 10cm (4in) long. Trim off the lower leaves and cut cleanly beneath a leaf joint. Dip the cut end into hormone rooting powder and insert 5 or 6 cuttings around the edge of a plant pot. Water and don’t forget the label. This method is suitable for

• Ribes (flowering currant)

• Philadelphus (mock orange)

• Potentilla

• Forsythia

• Hypericum

• Spiraea

• Lavatera (mallow)

• Caryopteris

• Abelia

• Salvia (sage)