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The Garden
August 1999

Slicing Up

A selection of suitable bulbous plants to increase by these techniques

Scoring and scooping

Late summer:

Fritillaria

Hyacinthus

Scilla

 

Chipping

Early summer:

Galanthus

Late summer:

Allium

Amaryllis

Hippeastrum

Iris

Narcissus

Nerine

Scilla

Sternbergia

 

Leaf cuttings

Late spring to early summer:

Sinningia

Late spring to midsummer:

Lilium lancifolium

L. longiflorum

Late summer:

Veltheimia

 

Sectioning

Spring:

Begonia

Caladium

Sinningia

When dormant:

Cyclamen

 

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Propagation Techniques