This morning seemed perfect for taking cuttings. There was a lot of rain yesterday and this morning and it was still cool and shady. I prepped about nine pots with sandy compost. I took six cuttings of red flowered currant (Ribes sanguinea), eight of red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea), three of thimble berry (Rubus parviflorus) , and four of salmon berry (Rubus spectabilis). I trimmed them up and potted them right away, then set them in a bin with some water so it could wick up and wet the soil as well as keep the humidity up.
To promote more native plants finding their way into our neighborhood, we put a sign up that allows folks to text me their name and get a $25 Seattle Native Plants gift certificate texted back to them digitally. I’m hoping this will generate both interest in native plants and sales for SNP.
I’m also working on an ongoing plant sale shelf to place near the sidewalk. It will be an honor system sale where I put my extra plants and neighbors can take them–not just natives, but ornamentals and house plants, too. I’ll let people Venmo or Paypal the money to me–suggested at $5 per plant at smaller sizes, with the proceeds going to purchase more gift certificates.