Will These Rise From The Ashes?

In front of the Phoenix vine I am trying to strike these six Phoenix cuttings. They have been given no special treatment, they have simply been inserted into the ground to around half their depth when the vine was pruned last month.

I tend to make the cuttings longer than recommended - these are around 16 inches long. Buried to around half their depth there is eight or nine inches of stem above and below the ground.

Doing cuttings like this gives the cuttings more retained goodness in the stem to produce good root and top growth on any that strike. A 40%-60% strike rate is a fair average. Sometimes depending on the variety (some varieties strike more easily than others) a much higher rate of rooting success can be achieved.

The best three rooted cuttings are destined for the allotment as I want to increase my plantings of this useful variety.