Summer residents shared their experience of which method of propagating chrysanthemums is the fastest

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Everyone dreams of chrysanthemums when they see these blooming balls and bright bushes. Who wouldn't want such beauty growing in their flowerbed? The only question is how to propagate those chrysanthemums so as not to wait long for the result.

About propagation from summer residents

Chrysanthemums can be propagated by layering and cuttings. Look in the fall near a bush with chrysanthemums that has grown near it. All chrysanthemums produce cuttings. Lift the side stems a little and look for them. Found them? Great, you can carefully dig them up and separate them.

Plant the cuttings in the ground, water them. They will quickly take root. You can plant them in a pot to keep them until spring, and then plant the finished plant in open ground.

If you are not lucky with cuttings or no one wants to share them with you, then you need to propagate them by cuttings. Look for green shoots without a flower in the bush. If there is a bud, cut it off. And then everything follows the standard scheme. You need to remove the lower leaves, shorten the top two leaves by half and trim the crown. Dip them in a rooting medium and insert them into the ground.

Based on their own experience, summer residents compared these two propagation methods. In their opinion, propagating by layering is much easier and faster. You can take cuttings, but you need to be patient. This method is a bit longer.