I have a budding Rose of Sharon that I want to transplant and also use the cuttings.?

Question

I want to trim and transplant two Rose of Sharon bushes and I would like to know how to root the cuttings when I trim the bushes back to transplant.
Do you have to use a product that makes roots from the buds?

Answer 1

for cuttings-always cut after buds, all i do is place cuttings in a
vase of water, not to much maybe two inches of water and wait,
refill water on occassion. it takes awhile but you should see little roots forming in 3-4 weeks. transplant bush in larger hole or pot.
trim off any dead first. don't water to much, they like to be left alone for the most part.

Answer 2

If it's budding, you may be too late this season. Get to it asap!! Transplanting is best done during dormant season.

As for getting the cuttings to root........hmmmm. That would be a hardwood cutting and would require rooting hormone and a propagation bed.....high humidity, light, soil warmth, etc. Of course the stems would have to be viable first, that is not dessicated from the winter. Not high on my list for success, but what the heck you'd throw the stems out anyway!