This little guy

In terms of propagating by stem cuttings, so far I only had success with this rose. The other roses' stems I cut all died within days, whether I use honey/hormone/nothing/soak in water. I had grown one in the new community garden.

And now I am giving this one  to the other community garden near my place. On a plus side, if anything goes wrong with my rose, I can always get it back next time. Yeah!

Layering success - Torenia

A couple of weeks ago, I attempted to layer my Torenia (bought at the Singapore Garden Festival) for my mother, after a failed attempt at stem cutting. 

What I did was to drag one of the soft stems downwards onto another pot of soil before burying the entire branch. I used a clip to hold down the branch while it remained attached to its mommy plant.

Two weeks later, I severed the branch from the mommy and tada!  A new Torenia.