Viburnum Hardwood Cuttings

How to start a cutting from viburnum shrubs 1.

Viburnum hardwood 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. Plant cells are awakening and ready to grow which increases the chances of a quicker and more successful rooting. Start the seeds by warm stratifying mimicking a warm summer environment for 2 months. The process to take hardwood cuttings begins in the fall right after the leaves drop.

For the novice spring is probably your best bet as to when to take cuttings from viburnum. Treat the cut end bottom end with a dusting of rooting hormone. 2 3 nodes per cutting. Viburnum shrubs propagate readily from stem cuttings.

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. Deciduous viburnums usually root best from greenwood cuttings but will root from hardwood cuttings too. Viburnum respond well to propagating by means of softwood cuttings. In fall semi ripe to hardwood take a 3 5 inch viburnum cutting with 2 to 3 nodes.

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. Richard jauron with iowa state university s department of horticulture suggests taking softwood cuttings in late may or early june. Hardwood cutting after care. At that time use sharp clean pruners to take six inch long pencil diameter cuttings from vigorous shoots on the plants you want to propagate.

There can be a lot of ways to do this. Peach viburnum and two varieties of hydrangea cuttings. The most critical thing for taking cuttings is to keep them properly moist. Cut a segment about 4 to 6 inches using a sharp knife.

Hardwood viburnum plant cuttings are already dormant and are rigid with plant cells in an inactive state of growth. Insert cutting into rooting medium like sand or sand peat or peat perlite. Crape myrtles grapes and pomegranates all root well with this technique. If it is a tree or shrub that produces suckers from the stems or roots use the suckers for your cuttings.

Test the softwood to determine if the wood is ready by bending 6 inches of the end of a softwood branch. Cut off 3 to 5 inches from the end of a softwood branch ensuring the cutting includes at least two sets of two.