Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Specific Families and Genera => Rhododendron and other Ericaceae => Topic started by: Frans IJsselstijn on January 01, 2018, 10:40:12 AM
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Dear members
Can anyone tell me in which soil Cassiope wardii grow.
Tanks for the answers
Kind regards
Frans IJsselstijn
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a very gritty acid soil I would have thought.
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I have a few old plants at our nursery which seem to like well drained good soil with extra peat and grit added. They also seem to be happier in a more sheltered spot away from cold drying winter winds. The best one I have is under a large Phylliopsis. If you top dress around the plant with similar compost/soil they tend to produce rooted suckers at the base which can be cut off and grown on. Its a bit easier than trying to root them as cuttings. If you wish to root them as cuttings I have found if you pull or strip the leaves off it tends not to work so well. The base seems to go black and rot. I use a small pair of very sharp scissors or trimming knife to remove the basal leaves without damaging the stem. I reckon by stripping the leaves you also remove the soft bark from the stem.
Hope you have success
Alasdair
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Good point about taking extra care when removing the lower leaves, Ali; the stems are easily damaged.
Happy New Year to all at Ardfearn, by the way!!