What's Looking Good in March

My Bowles Mauve is in flower!!!
Why so excited?
Well, it is a "cutting" that I took when I knew I was moving here (2014). Never taken a snip of this before and I don't think it was even the "right" time, it was so random and a desperate bid for bud
I shoved it (yes, unceremoniously) into a pot.
Last year, it still looked as retarded as when I first put it in a pot, so I shoved it (unceremoniously) into one of my clematis pots. It seemed to like it there; a bit.
A couple of weeks ago, when I dug a new border by the trellis, the BM was given a fresh space all to itself ... and now ... BINGO!!!!!! ... those petals are opening
So, so thrilled!

Ok, not big shakes in the horticultural world, per se ... but, it's big shakes in *my* world And she's looking ... sassy!

 

Nice one M! It is so rewarding when a plan comes together.

In the front garden of our new bungalow is a rather tall and unkempt Mock Orange, with all the flowers way up above sniffing height. I took some hard wood cuttings in the autumn, stuck em in a pot, and left em in the shed by the window, hoping to start from scratch and have a couple of better trained bushes.

Hey presto.....here they are.



Chuffed to bits. I know you can buy them in Poundland for errrrr, a pound, but its the thrill of the chase isnt it.

 

Well done "M" and Agent Orange.

For a few years I was trying to get Clematis cuttings to root. I followed all the rules because they are supposed to be difficult....but nothing, zilch! I gave up. When pruning on another occasion I broke several small pieces off and shoved them in a planter in the garden in passing and forgot about them. To my surprise half of them rooted and grew into lovely plants. Who says rules aren't meant to be broken!

 

Well done to you @Agent Orange it is indeed "the chase" that gives the thrill - you just need to get yours up to sniff-able height now

Wonderful @Sheal I love it when something you "shove in" gets a grip and 'takes'. That was my very first experience of success in my last garden: a couple of pieces of hebe and a sucker from a Rosa Rugosa. Shoved in pot, forgot about and ... they are now in the ground here as a constant reminder Of course, now I know better that they are easy-peasy-lemon-squeezey plants to root, but, that doesn't matter - as a beginner it was s.u.c.c.e.s.s.