Action 77: Plant cuttings. It is not conventional but I take cuttings of plants in the autumn: rosemary, sage, and penstemon. I find a soft side shoot and pull it away from the main stalk so that it has a ‘heel’ – ie a bit of the harder stalk comes away with it. I then remove any leaves from the bottom half of the shoot and place it in a bottle of clean water. I keep the water topped up/ and or change it if it looks green. After a couple of weeks, roots will begin to form. When there are several long roots, I pot the new plant up and over winter it indoors ready to plant out next spring.
