Semi-ripe cutting
A section of this year's stem taken in late summer while the tip is still soft and the base of the stem is starting to become firm and woody. Suitable plants include heather, laurel and pelargonium.
Semi-Ripe Cutting: A cutting from wood that is half ripened.
Sepals: These form the calyx and are the green petal like covering of the flowerbud before it opens.
Set: The small onions or potatoes used for planting to produce a crop.
Semi-ripe cuttings are tougher and more mature. They're usually taken from midsummer to fall. Plants such as camellia and honeysuckle often root well from semi-ripe cuttings.
Take softwood or semi-ripe cuttings from early- to mid-summer. Remove the lower leaves and root in sand.
Purchased seed is easy to germinate, but saved seed may not breed true to type.
Propagation can be done by seed in spring or from semi-ripe cuttings taken in summer and placed in a sandy propagating medium with gentle bottom heat to promote striking, but this can be relatively slow.
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Lavender needs free draining and light soil to prosper. You might try re-potting in a sandier or grittier potting mix. This is the perfect time of year to take a few semi-ripe cuttings to propagate some new plants - just in case.
Lilacs grown from seed may not be true to their original species.
Lilacs can also be struck from semi-ripe cuttings taken in mid summer.
Suckers which grow from the Lilac's roots can be separated and re-planted ...
 See also: Cutting, Plant, Soil, Flower, Spring
  
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