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Are sunpatiens/busy lizzies annuals?
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Sorry - another quick question from a complete garden amateur!!!

I planted Sunpatiens/busy lizzies this year in a border - they were fabulous - but have started to die off now - does this mean they're gone forever? or will they pop up next srping?

I've thrown away the tub and labels so I'm a bit in the dark!

Thanks again

Koo x

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Busy lizzies are an annual and therefore will die this winter.  I have heard of people taking cuttings of busy lizzies, but not tried it myself.
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Koo Mason

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If you can still salvage the plants take cuttings. They will root easily in water. You can pot them up and keep them on a windowsill till they are ready to plant out next year.

Bazza

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Thanks Pamela and Bazza

To take a cutting - do I just cut a stalk off? or is there a particular place on the plant that I need to cut?

Koo x

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You would normally cut the stem between leaf nodules.  Then trim your cutting so that the end of the stem is just below a leaf nodule.  Remove the bottom leaves that will be in the water otherwise they go slimy.  The roots will grow from the leaf nodules.  Put them in a glass or jam jar of water on the kitchen windowsill and I think they say not to allow the end of your stalks to touch the bottom of the jar.  So have enough cuttings in there so that they are suspended in the neck of the jar and keep the water topped up of course.  When you come to pot them up you will need to very gently tease apart the roots, if like me you have left it too long before you pot them on!

  
 

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