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Take cuttings of indoor and outdoor plants with water

Bouturer en eau les plantes d’intérieur et d’extérieur - La Green Touch

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Making a cutting in water is a pleasant and soothing experience. This allows you to multiply your plants endlessly and thus delight your loved ones or simply expand your personal vegetation. In order to be sure to complete your water cutting, we give you all the necessary recommendations in our article The water cutting technique and the necessary equipment.

Do not hesitate to consult it in order to follow step by step the different steps for a successful water cutting!
However, beyond a good material and following the steps necessary for cutting, it is important to know the varieties of plants that lend themselves to the exercise. And which are therefore capable of allowing you a successful cutting. Indeed, cutting in water is not possible with all varieties of plants. It only concerns certain indoor and outdoor plants or shrubs.

Indoor plants that take cuttings in water

Here is the selection that we have made for you at La Green Touch, of course not exhaustive, of indoor plants which are suitable for successful water cuttings.Aglaonema, Begonia, Ceropegia, Dieffenbachia, Fittonia, the Misery, the Monstera, the Peperomia, the Pothos, the Scindapsus,  the Pilea and theAloe Vera.
Finally Papyrus is also an indoor plant that is possible to take cuttings, but which requires some special requirements at the time of cutting in water.

How to take cuttings from Papyrus in water ?

Cut a stem from the Papyrus and place it upside down in your container filled with water, so that its head is submerged. The roots will thus develop on this end, and you can then transplant your cutting into the ground.

Outdoor plants that take cuttings in water

When it comes to outdoor plants, cuttings in water are also possible. Here are our favorites: Hydrangea, Oleander, Datura, Fuchsia, Geranium, Impatiens, ivy, Lilac, Potentilla, and Sage. You can also take cuttings in water from all aromatic plants such as Mint, Rosemary, etc.
For aromatic plants, the advantage is to always have them at home and to avoid having to buy them regularly. Indeed, what could be more pleasant than making them grow and last yourself over the months, in order to enhance your dishes and other culinary preparations! So… to your cuttings!