Your Rose of Sharon never died, after all. Many plants can be propagated from their roots.

Ha! That original plant is a goner. ;-)

I'm aware of root propagation, yet I still was baffled that the plant would actually do it on its own, without any help from someone with a pair of pruners.

These new sprouts have no roots of their own. Only a small piece of the parent root. Should I be doing anything different?

your original plant.. had gone dormant early .... due to lack of care ... which is not all that uncommon in potted.. forgotten stock ... though many dont have the survival instinct to come back ...

why you took this thing from the brink of death.. and promptly cut it into pieces.. is beyond me..

man this thing probably dreams of escaping your care .. rotflmbo ...

i wish you .. AND IT.. well ... God help it.. if it starts thriving..

ken

hope you have a sense of humor ...

Ken, I have the sense of humor. Experience is where I'm lacking. I have half a mind to drop the rootball into the ground and see what happens. :)

On the other hand, I now have 19 cuttings between 4" and 8" tall that I'm hoping take root.

Other than the rooting hormone, soilless mix, and sunlight out on the porch, is there anything else I should be doing?

Larry