Cuttings / replanting

[Rubyred24]

Hi any tips please.

I've planted some with leaves and some without. What are the chances of either growing?

It's mainly Lavender. Peonies. Evergreen bushes.

Long grass and a palm too which I don't think will work?

Thank you x

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I usually leave a few leaves on my cuttings, they do need to photosynthesise. But having said that you might be lucky with the leafless ones.
I normally take a stem that isn’t going to flowers, cut it just under a leaf node, remove all but the top leaves, use rooting powder and pop it in at the edge of a pot.
I didn’t know you could take Peony cuttings.

You probably can't then. I usually buy my own this is the first time I've tried. Is there another way I can reproduce the peony?

The most recent Gardeners World had a bit on cuttings, explaining where to cut and how to plant.

To get more peonies you'd need to divide in autumn.

Lavender is fairly easy to grow from cuttings, cut a piece off, about 6 inches long, strip off the bottom leaves and then put them around the edge of a clay pot full of gritty compost. They need good drainage.

Hi OP, I've taken some cuttings a few weeks ago with no real idea what I was doing. I didn't even have any rooting powder.

I took a cutting from a Camellia and 2 small Geranium cuttings.

I took just below a 'growth' nodule. I striped back a bit of bark from the stem of the Camellia and only kept the top leaves. I cut the leaves in half to retain as much moisture as possible. I have no idea what I was doing
This was 2 weeks ago. All still seem to be 'alive' although haven't grown anything new yet.

Good luck!

This was 2 weeks ago. All still seem to be 'alive' although haven't grown anything new yet. With cuttings, best to think in months not weeks. I always wait until I see roots coming from the bottom of the pot.

I notice you've cut the camellia leaves in half in approved fasion. I remember someone asking on line "why do you cut the top two leaves in half? Why not remove one of them?" And the answer from a professional gardener was "because when you're doing hundreds, it's quicker just to snip across the top". This was one of the conversations that made me realise that much of the advice for gardeners originates in large professional gardens, and doesn't necessarily make as much sense for the small scale amateur gardener who may have less time, has fewer plants, may not need to optimise crops, just get enough, and so on.