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kitty-lover
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Starting Hydrangea bushes from cuttings
I was wondering if its possible to start the Snowball Viburnum or Hydrangea from cuttings and how to do it. Any advice??
Snowballs are sometimes known to be a little harder, but can be done, however you shouldnm't have any trouble with your hydrangeas.
For Snowballs: Often there are little saplings around the base of the tree that you can dig up and stick in a pot, and its easier that doing a cutting, and most of the time they will even bloom the next year. If you can't find any or get to them (sometimes a bit tricky when the parent is so close to the ground), then you can take a softwood () cutting in late spring/early summer (when the tree is starting to bud) and stick it in a pot with a good propogating mix and some hormone powder, and they should start to anchor in a few weeks.
You can also try layering. For more information [url]https://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-8701.html[/url] is a good site.
For hydrangeas: [url]https://www.gardenadvice.co.uk/howto/container/hydrangea/index.html[/url]
Good Luck!
fem
For Snowballs: Often there are little saplings around the base of the tree that you can dig up and stick in a pot, and its easier that doing a cutting, and most of the time they will even bloom the next year. If you can't find any or get to them (sometimes a bit tricky when the parent is so close to the ground), then you can take a softwood () cutting in late spring/early summer (when the tree is starting to bud) and stick it in a pot with a good propogating mix and some hormone powder, and they should start to anchor in a few weeks.
You can also try layering. For more information [url]https://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-8701.html[/url] is a good site.
For hydrangeas: [url]https://www.gardenadvice.co.uk/howto/container/hydrangea/index.html[/url]
Good Luck!
fem