What’s the best way to get a cutting from this and plant it in my garden
by Irish_GeeQ
What’s the best way to get a cutting from this and plant it in my garden
by Irish_GeeQ
12 Comments
If you ask the householder, they may be willing to give you some cuttings.
Tell them you have admired it for a long time, and would like to try growing it.
Might be too late for softwood cuttings but (a) get permission from owner and (b) check out https://youtu.be/DfvFyjh_Rcs
If it’s the colour you admire about this hydrangea, that’s down to the pH of the soil that it’s growing in. If you plant your cuttings in very acidic soil you will get bright blue flowers instead.
Take a non- flowering shoot and put it into compost or have had success just standing them in a jar of water.
Would get best success from compost and wait until the end of August
Take a non-flowering stem, about the size of a pencil, and cut cleanly just below a leaf node. Place in moist well drained compost and put a plastic bag over it to create a humid environment.
Place outside in a shady cool spot for a couple of months. It may or may not lose its original leaves but new ones will start to appear by early next spring. I’d pot it on for another six months and plant out autumn 2026.
If you have access to taking multiple cuttings, then do it. The success rate for hydrangea cuttings is fairly high. Others might have quicker advice than mine and it could still work out perfectly.
Would the same technique work for taking a cutting from a large buddleia?
Just buy one rather than fucking around with a cutting. SuperValu even sell them these days for like 15e
I took some last year,
cut a non flowering stem off, just below leaf node,
you want it to be about 6” long
Remove most leaves leave top 4 leaves on and if they are big leaves you can cut them in half
Dip end in rooting powder
Now you could put them in a pot, which I have done this week, water and put bag over with elastic band, or use zip tie bag and just close it over pot to keep moist but I haven’t done this because last year I just shoved 5 into my border and left them, they dropped all leaves and the ends turned brown, I thought I had lost them but I was clearing the border and there they were all 5 with new leaves and two of them had flowers 😃 I have dug them out and potted them up now and they are doing well.
The ones I did last week and put rooting powder and potting compost in a pot look terrible but I am holding hope 🤞
They’re a bit sterile you know?
My granny would just cut one near a leaf put it in water and wait for roots
You’ll need to sneak up in the dead of night head to toe in black gear with a Bally on. It’s the only way.
I have a few from cuttings. They were in a vase for weeks… Popped them in a pot and they just grow from that. I suggest you cut a few in case some don’t take.