Stick Plant?

Over the last few years, I have seen this plant at my in-laws house, out front in their garden, and I always wanted a cutting of it. Well finally over the weekend I remebered to get a cutting while we were there.

I'm not too sure of its proper name (if anyone knows please comment with it).

I did try looking it up and came across this website: http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/2957/

This site has what seams like different varities of the plant. Mine is just the plain green one.

I know this plant dosen't like the frost. Thats how my in-laws lost their big plant.

So this like all my other plants (I always end up going for non-cold hardy plants) I will have to protect in the winter.

So in growing this thing, I have been told to just stick in the some soil and it will take off, so that it what I have done right now. I do feel like I want to add some rooting hormone to it just incase though, but I will read up some more on it first.

UPDATE

Just came across this and this looks more like mine.

http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia_tirucalli.html

Starting again

Okay so last year I had trouble with this site, it wouldn't let me upload posts, for months i tried and it just wouldn't work, So i'm going to try again. Now my son is 17months old he will let me have a little time to myself for updated posts and watering the plants. lol Last year he would just scream every time I moved out of sight.

So fingers crossed this will work ...

Hopefully post will work

Angle trumpet planted

I put the angle trumpet cutting into soil on sunday 24th April. I am hoping this time around it will grow. I havent added any rooting hormone or fertalizer at the moment. I am thinking of adding some root and bloom that I have thats like miricle grow.

Angle trumpet progress

It has started to get a few white spots on it and there is one little white shoot coming off into the water. But I am going to wait a little longer before planting it into the soil.

Azalea from cutting.

This one I did the same as the Gardenia.
Trimmed off about 4 inches of semi hard wood.
Trimmed off the lower leaves, and dipped it into a rooting hormone.
Then into some soil and a bit of water.

I have read that azaleas are easy to do. So I will see. I don't like the way mine has wilted already. It might just be the humidity. I'll keep my eye on it and might have to take a better cutting next time.

Gardenia From Cuttings

Today I did 2 cuttings, one of them being a gardenia.
I cut off about 4 inches long of semi hard wood. (some new - some hard)
I then trimmed off the lower leaves about half way up.
Next I dipped the bottom into some rooting hormone and then placed into a hole in the soil and pushed down the soil around the branch.
Finally a little water, and now we wait and see if it takes.