Actinidia Kolomikta Cuttings

When I was still living with my mum I grew a stunning Actinidia Kolomikta in a large pot; it was one of my favourite plants. I've not had one in my current garden for 4 years, but I took some cuttings off the mentioned plant a few weeks back when I was visiting and yesterday I noticed new growth starting and roots just poking out of the bottom of the plant pot - Happy Days... :yess:

 

Well done Bilbo . Its amazing how much gardeners can get for free, with seeds and cuttings etc. And much more satifying than paying for them.

 

Sounds fab, well done. Although it's quite well-known plant because it's unusual and distinctive, I don't see one planted very often. I quite fancy having one myself.

 

Hi I have one simmilar it has leaves that are half white .

So tell us how did you go about taking the cuttings
And I will give it a go

Spruce

 

Hi Spruce, I took semi-ripe cuttings from this year's new growth; pieces about 8-10" long, snipped off the thin soft tip back to a bud and where the stem was beginning to 'ripen' and was a bit stiffer (leaving a 6" cutting), I then removed all but one leaf and scraped off a little of the outside of the stem at the bottom, dipped it in rooting powder popped it in to a 4" plant pot (2 cuttings in a pot) and put the whole pot in a polythene bag; the type you can re-seal. I then put it in my coldframe and waited patiently for about 6 weeks. I checked the pot every few days to make sure it wasn't drying out and there was no mold and as i said the last time I checked them there were new buds at the top of the cutting and some fine roots popping out the bottom of the pot.

The only thing I have to decide now is how long to leave them before I split them and pot them up; I think I'll wait until the buds have really got going and produced proper new leaves/shoots.

 

BilbI will put on my to do list Saturday , looks like rain si I can spend some time in the greenhouse I have llost the plant label of the plant but deffo has part white leaves

Thanks

Spruce:happydance:

 

Well I took the plunge yesterday to part the two cuttings and pot them up on their own; glad I did, there were masses of young healthy roots so things are looking good :thumb:

 

Well they've been growing on strongly so today they have been repotted again to 2lt 'deep' pots with a cane to supoort their twining growth :thumb:

 

Looking good
I think mine have rooted as well still dont know the name


so thats anothr £ 20.00 you have saved at least


Spruce

 

Hi Spruce, I think the colouring on the leaves depends on how much light they recieve?;

If it's in shade then they are almost all green (bit like my cuttings that have been in a coldframe in semi-shade)

If they're getting light then they have some colouring to their leaves; like the one in this link;
Langthorns Plantery

And if they're in full sun they end up like this one;
JLY3990- ACTINIDIA KOLOMIKTA, CLIMBER : Asset Details -Garden World Images

There are dozens of pics on this link of several colour variations;
Garden World Images - Search - Actinidia Kolomikta

The RHS also says that green and white leaves are born more in the spring;
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=61

:thumb:

 

Talking about getting the most out of plants. I bought two pots of Penstemons (1 Pinocolada white and 1 Pinocolada pink) while they were half price and I have managed to get three plants out of each. That is 6 plants for 7 quid.

The other I got for half price @ 3.50 is a Parthenocissus veitchii. I think I will pot it on for the winter until I decide the best place for it. I think I might take it up to my caravan and grow it up a trellis up the side. Now, our winters are usually very severe where we are sited so I thought I would wrap the pot and lower stems in fleece. What do you all think, would that be satisfactory protection?

I really envy those of you who have a Actinidia Kolomikta as it is a plant that I first saw in a garden centre this year and I thought it was stunning but at the time I couldn't afford it. On my list for next year.

Sally