there is this old bush in our yard, don't know what it is called, but when it blooms it looks like little groups of flowers and smells like oranges. My question is how to root peices of it. I have tried planting cuttings in soil. Putting cutting in water, I even put a pot of dirt under the branch, and put a brick on top thinking maybe the branch would grow roots into the bucket. Nothing seems to work. There are no little ones growing around it to dig up and plant. I even have tried useing a plant hormone in the water of the cuttings or the soil i have planted them in. Any suggestions?
2007-09-27 04:06:54 · 7 answers · asked by arleen d 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
It would be helpful if you knew what the bush is. Take a cutting to the local garden club, or ask someone who knows about landscaping to come and look at it.
Where do you live? If you are in a northern climate, you may have to do a soft wood cutting. Take a cutting a few weeks after the new spring growth. Dip the cutting a the powdered hormone and plant in a sterile medium, not in the sun. Keep it moist and be patient. It could take 8 - 10 weeks. Start at least 6 cuttings.
Good luck
2007-09-27 04:20:00 · answer #1 · answered by stevepitt2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
During the spring you will get new growth this year. During the winter you will have to wait until spring before you actually root the plant. Since it's spring now, you can do it now and get some good growth before winter comes. Use rooting hormone, clean sharp pruners, and good loose soil or perlite/vermiculite. Also make sure the plant is not protected. Most hybrids and cultivars are protected under laws similar to "copyright infringement". Check with your local nursery before cloning any plant, whether in your yard or another's. If the plant is protected, you will save money and time by simply purchasing a 1 gallon (#1 container) plant.
2016-04-06 03:43:57 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I come across a tough one, I send it to "reynwater", or 'layer' the plant. Bend a young branch to the ground. Were it touches the ground, nick the bark with a knife and dust the cut with rooting hormone. Dig a shallow hole were the branch touched and bury it with a few inches of soil. Place a rock or brick over it to hold it in place until roots form and you can cut it free of the mother plant. You can actually do it this time of year and roots will form over the winter. RScott
2007-09-27 09:18:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Alot of good answers here...but what I haven't seen mentioned is some plants from cuttings will not regorow untill the "hard cutting" has gone dormant or through a cold season..for example..right now if I wanted to do a cutting from a fig tree and have it to grow...I would wrap the cuttings up in a baggy..and put it in my freezer for at least 2 weeks..it lays dormant like it is going thru a season of cold..then when removed and warmed up, root harmoned, and planted in soil..it will then grow...So keep that in mind..find out what kind of tree you have..e mail me via profile...and I can tell you excactly what to do...I do hard cuttings and soft cuttings all the time.. and they can be trees of different sorts..but this is what it sounds like to me..that it needs to be "seasond, first then planted.
2007-09-27 10:14:57 · answer #4 · answered by pcbeachrat 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Maybe a Mock orange, Philadelphus coronarius or one of the other Philadelphus
Try "davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/2727/ or any of the many other sites for Philadelphus
At the nursery where I work all production of Philadelpus is done by hardwood cuttings
2007-09-27 20:40:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your description sounds like it's a mock orange and growing them from seed is the only way I have ever ben able to propagate them.
2007-09-27 04:22:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Send me some cuttings. Contact my avatar.
2007-09-27 04:58:18 · answer #7 · answered by reynwater 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋