Feathery Hop Bush: 2023 Cuttings Attempt

The Feathery Hop Bush looks great, with the flowers staying in place for… six months? But only the female flowers. Which means if I want more (mostly just for around the garden) I need cuttings, not seeds.

Spoiler: cuttings is a deeply mysterious art which I just cannot pull off. And I didn’t.

Step 1: take cuttings close to a node.

Step 2: dip in rooting hormone and into the soil (perlite in this case)

Feathery Hop Bush: 2023 Cuttings Attempt

Step 3: Cover to keep in moisture and keep in good light but not direct sunlight.

Step 4: watch the slow inexorable descent into failure.

Two weeks later. Some are going black, and mould is appearing on more than one.

I don’t have pictures, but after a few months they were all blackened and mouldy. So I cut the experiment. I think I had too much moisture, but I haven’t been able to find anything about how much is right.

Deeply mysterious.

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