Georgia Gardening: My Bleeding Heart Eaten!, 1 by frausnow

frausnow wrote:
I had just planted a new Bleeding Heart plant about 18" tall that I acquired from Lowe's about 3 weeks ago. Now it's gone! Well, except for the one sprig that I managed to salvage shown in the photo I've attached. I want to root it, but need to know the best way to do it. Should I put the stem in a glass of water or use a rooting hormone (I have powder and a gel) and stick it in a rooting mix? Right now it's in a glass of water.

We have both deer and rabbits so I'm not sure of the culprit, but whatever it was also ate about 80% of all my hosta plants. Strange, but they ate all the large leaves and left the smaller leaves in the middle of the hosta plants. Does that sound like deer? I didn't see any telltale hoof prints.

Please let me know the best way to propagate my Bleeding Heart asap. Many thanks in advance.