rooting Androsace

[mark smyth]

I would like to propogate some Androsaces that are growing in a trough that is in great need for a make over. Most rosettes have rooted in to the soil but many are hanging over the edge.

Can I remove these and place them in a tray to root?

[ranunculus]

Most of these Androsace sarmentosa/sempervivoides like rosettes will root quite easily, especially if you can cut half an inch of stem with each rosette and secure the cutting into the compost by pegging down each little stem with a paper clip.

[mark smyth]

thanks

[Lesley Cox]

In my experience the stem (probably a stolon) which links the new rosette to the older plant, does not make roots, but as Cliff says, is good for "anchoring" the rosettes until they root. The new roots come from the base of the actual rosette.