THE BEAUTIFUL PHLOX
STOCK FROM ROOT CUTTINGS. Few gardeners will deny that the phlox is one of the most beautiful of perennial plants, but the drawback is liability to attack by ellworm. It has been proved, however, that this pest dees not attack the actual roots, confining its unwelcome attentions to the stems and leaves. Now is the time to raise clean stock from root cuttings. Affected plants, should be lifted from the ground and the thongy parts of the roots cut intc sections about two inches long. These' root- cuttings should then be inserted in boxes of sandy soil with their tops just about level with the soil. Place the boxes in a frame, and after a few weeks roots should be formed. In early summer when the cuttings are producing green shoots they should be planted out on a reserve bed about twelves inches apart. By autumn the plants should be large enough to set out in their permanent positions.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 August 1941, Page 8
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162THE BEAUTIFUL PHLOX Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 August 1941, Page 8
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