AboutDarlene K. Kittle Expertise I have been a Master Gardener for 20 years and I raise around 300 houseplants a year including tropicals, succulents, and cacti.
Experience She is also studying the Japanese art of bonsai with tropical plants and is President of the Fort Wayne, IN Bonsai Club.
Education/Credentials I am not a hortculturist. I am a Purdue University Master Gardener for over 20 years. I have studied plants on a personal level by growing hundreds of plants annually for the last 35 years. I have also studied under several nationally known American Bonsai experts.
Question While helping a friend in her garden, a long piece of the ground cover, apentia,
hearts and flowers broke off.
Will it root if I put it in soil?? What's the best way to grow it now as a container
pant?
Answer Uma,
Yes, you can root it in the ground. You can cut it in 3 or 4 pieces but you need to make sure you keep track of which end went towards the ground and make sure that is the end that you put in the ground to root. You will need to remove the lowest leaves off of each cutting and insert that into the soil. They should root in a couple of weeks. You can easily put the cuttings in a pot of potting soil instead of in the ground. It will become a nice vine. I know it as ice plant in this area. Good luck with it.
