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Aeonium rosettes cut cleanly from the mother plant. |
This morning I did a little plant trimming and moving to complete the circle of aeoniums around my
agave marginita. I started by cutting aeonium rosettes, then found that I had a smaller plant I could pull out and replant, as well as a rosette that had rooted.
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This plant could be pulled out of the circle without leaving a large gap. |
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This little guy had already formed its own roots, so was a perfect choice. |
In the larger plant I pulled, you can see how the long, brown stem would stand out as rather ugly in less dense foliage. This is a reason to deadhead a plant, and you would cut the stem off cleanly as closely to the "head" as possible.
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Closing the gap. You can see I left some space for the agave where I had trimmed off leaves. |
I dug holes and planted the two rooted plants in the gap where the Mexican feather grass bush had been. They nearly enclose the space as is, but in less than a year will be dense enough with new growth to complete an entire circle around the agave.
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Planted and watered. |
After I planted the rooted plants, I got lazy. Because the aeoniums grow so prolifically, I wasn't too worried about coddling the two cuttings I had made. I set them in place lightly on top of the soil after I watered it for the rooted plants. Hopefully, without too much intervention from me, they will naturally callus and create a root system for themselves. It's worked before; these aeoniums are tough suckers!
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Cuttings placed lightly balanced on the other plants so they won't touch soil directly. |
The small plant in front/in back of the agave and aeoniums needs me to do some research on it (it was a gift), but I'm hoping it will be a small tree.
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