LAST WORD
We all know someone who has that uncanny ability to get anything to grow well. They breezily pinch out a cutting and it is putting out roots almost before it hits the potting compost. Our own carefully crafted attempts (flat cut at the bottom, sloping at the top) stare back at us balefully from the kitchen window from under the plastic bag, steadfastly resolute in their intention to wither and die.
These horticultural whizzes are