Back about the same time, I thought I could do the same thing with cutflowers that I bought specially for the purpose. Chrysanthemums, I think. When I got them home I found all the buds along the stems had been removed. But that won't have been done for a flower show, so I'll try again. Diane On 11-Mar-11, at 8:59 AM, Brian Whyer wrote: > Back in my flower show days (the late 1970's), I discovered that > many cut flower stems could be rooted after the show was over,