Propagation: Dusty Miller from cuttings, 0 by Chilko

Chilko wrote:
The whole issue of Dusty Miller is confusing...technically, it's in the family 'Asteraceae', and the genus is 'senecio'--which is often what the seeds are listed under. The species is 'cineraria'. I was quite confused when I received my packet of Silver Dust Dusty Miller the other day from T & M. I'd ordered from their discontinued list, where it was shown as Senecio, but the packet says "Cineraria". So I had to look all of this up. (For some reason, T & M no longer seems to carry Dusty Miller under any of the names.)

The plant most of us know as cineraria is usually grown up here as a house plant, and has very showy flowers.

I rather like the tiny yellow flowers on the Dusty Miller. This is a picture of it in bloom (its second year) very late last season. But for a more formal grouping, it's best to keep the flowers plucked. I like pairing it with deep red salvia.