What are the cuttings of? I love seeing the roots and recently bought a daffodil bulb that’s in the top of a small glass vase so I can see all the tangle of roots as well as the bulb, leaves, and flowers. Cheap and beautiful entertainment. 🙂
It’s pineapple sage. I bought a teeny plant at the end of 2019 and it’s huge so figured I could plant a few more around the property. It smells amazing (pineapple-y, obviously) when you brush against it, and the leaves are great to flavour water.
Sounds delightful. I had a sage plant when we lived in Ohio and nothing, even the coldest winter, could kill it. Unfortunately, I don’t use that much sage and it got to be enormous!!
Once again, as one who cannot even keep cacti alive, I marvel at this conversation that goes on in this space. I am amazed at the number of plants that can grow by cutting.
I’m amazed by it too.
My new gardening mantras are “things want to grow” and “hold your nerve” — the latter when things look like they’ve died and I’m tempted to rip them out of the ground. I’ve had close calls with both mandarin and pear trees which both lost all their leaves and looked like sad little twigs. Both are now thriving.
You have had such success, Su, despite your misgivings. I think “hold your nerve” is good advice – I tend to give up too easily (I don’t like to see things withering, plants, people or otherwise).
Thank you. I don’t like to see things/people in trouble either, but with my son I realised I had to back off and allow him to fail at things. It’s kind of the same with my plants — present and caring, but not trying to control. Sounds good — but I am so work in progress 😂😂
In a previous life I too planted pineapple sage. Good to start new plants as they can get leggy and not so attractive if not pruned regularly which is hard to do when the flowers are so lovely.
Zimmerbitch 
My kitchen window shelf s full of jars with cuttings 🙂 🙂
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Roots! I love watching them grow.
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Me too. These were really fast. The next batch — identical plant and spot — not so much 😬
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What are the cuttings of? I love seeing the roots and recently bought a daffodil bulb that’s in the top of a small glass vase so I can see all the tangle of roots as well as the bulb, leaves, and flowers. Cheap and beautiful entertainment. 🙂
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It’s pineapple sage. I bought a teeny plant at the end of 2019 and it’s huge so figured I could plant a few more around the property. It smells amazing (pineapple-y, obviously) when you brush against it, and the leaves are great to flavour water.
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Sounds delightful. I had a sage plant when we lived in Ohio and nothing, even the coldest winter, could kill it. Unfortunately, I don’t use that much sage and it got to be enormous!!
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I love sage with potatoes, but my “normal” sage plants never seem to do very well ☹️
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And you can only eat so many potatoes with sage. Just saying.
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True; though I’m from good Scottish peasant stock. 😂😉
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They’re coming along Su.
Leslie xoxo
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Just gone into pots 😀
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I must know, Su – what are you propagating there ?
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Pineapple sage; smells lovely and grows well here. Perfect for filling up gaps in my borders.
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Once again, as one who cannot even keep cacti alive, I marvel at this conversation that goes on in this space. I am amazed at the number of plants that can grow by cutting.
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I’m amazed by it too.
My new gardening mantras are “things want to grow” and “hold your nerve” — the latter when things look like they’ve died and I’m tempted to rip them out of the ground. I’ve had close calls with both mandarin and pear trees which both lost all their leaves and looked like sad little twigs. Both are now thriving.
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You have had such success, Su, despite your misgivings. I think “hold your nerve” is good advice – I tend to give up too easily (I don’t like to see things withering, plants, people or otherwise).
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Thank you. I don’t like to see things/people in trouble either, but with my son I realised I had to back off and allow him to fail at things. It’s kind of the same with my plants — present and caring, but not trying to control. Sounds good — but I am so work in progress 😂😂
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I hear you. Letting go is one of the most challenging things for me too.
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That seems strangely satisfying 😃
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It is!
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Great idea to propagate your plants, Su!
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Thanks Peter
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In a previous life I too planted pineapple sage. Good to start new plants as they can get leggy and not so attractive if not pruned regularly which is hard to do when the flowers are so lovely.
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I know what you mean! My original plant is huge now — but does fill a gap in the border rather nicely. 🙂
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One of my favourite pastimes too 😀
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