I have a variegated leaf lacecap that I bought a few years ago at an end-of-season garden center sale. It was a runt, but I nursed it and it is a happy camper despite the cruel winter we have had just past.

Last mid-October, I took a bunch of cuttings (yeah, I know, kinda late in the year), trimmed them and did the rooting hormone thing. They were in the garden under a deep layer of mulch all winter long. About a week ago, I brushed back the mulch to see if there were any signs of life.

Lo! All eight cuttings were sprouting little green shoots. So curiosity got the best of me; I had to carefully and gently dig two of them up. Guess what? No roots!

So should I just dump them or leave them alone?