I haven't been able to root ANYTHING but mint in the three years I've been trying to garden. Determined, I tried rooting lilacs again this year. I took four plastic cups, treated and put in four softwood cuttings. I put a bag over the cups and left them on my back porch in the shade.

Three weeks later all but one died. I took the bag off of the fourth and let it sit in a little more sun than it had before (because I knew rainy season was coming and I wanted her to get water).

Week four and she still has lovely green leaves. There's no new growth, but nothing is brown, either. I'm scared to death to tug on it (for fear of ripping any possible roots). But I think I rooted it. Did I root it? :-D