Viburnum Hardwood Cuttings

Peel off the lower two.

Viburnum hardwood cuttings.

2 3 nodes per cutting. Viburnum respond well to propagating by means of softwood cuttings. If it is a tree or shrub that produces suckers from the stems or roots use the suckers for your cuttings. Treat the cut end bottom end with a dusting of rooting hormone.

Viburnum shrubs propagate readily from stem cuttings. Autumn after leaves have fallen is the best time to take hardwood cuttings but success has been achieved with those taken in the dead of winter as well. Richard jauron with iowa state university s department of horticulture suggests taking softwood cuttings in late may or early june. Plant cells are awakening and ready to grow which increases the chances of a quicker and more successful rooting.

The process to take hardwood cuttings begins in the fall right after the leaves drop. There can be a lot of ways to do this. Cut off 3 to 5 inches from the end of a softwood branch ensuring the cutting includes at least two sets of two. Peach viburnum and two varieties of hydrangea cuttings.

Crape myrtles grapes and pomegranates all root well with this technique. Insert cutting into rooting medium like sand or sand peat or peat perlite. Cut a segment about 4 to 6 inches using a sharp knife. Use clean sharp shears to trim a 4 to 6 inch cutting from the mother plant and keep it cool and moist until you re.

Test the softwood to determine if the wood is ready by bending 6 inches of the end of a softwood branch. Carol klein shows you how to take hardwood cuttings from the native guelder rose viburnum opulus which makes a beautiful hedgerow shrub with glossy red berries in autumn. Hardwood cutting after care. Keep cutting humid until rooting has occurred.

For the novice spring is probably your best bet as to when to take cuttings from viburnum. Hardwood viburnum plant cuttings are already dormant and are rigid with plant cells in an inactive state of growth. Deciduous viburnums usually root best from greenwood cuttings but will root from hardwood cuttings too. How to start a cutting from viburnum shrubs 1.

In fall semi ripe to hardwood take a 3 5 inch viburnum cutting with 2 to 3 nodes. Watch this short video clip from gardeners world to discover which stems to choose how to prepare the cuttings and how to plant them.