Cut the newly developed stem 8 to 9 inches long.

Needle evergreens are best rooted in late fall and winter within a greenhouse. Terminal cuttings should be 4 to 8” long, stripped of basal needles, wounded, treated with hormone ( to ppm IBA in 50% ethanol), and placed in peat, pearlite, sand or park. Cuttings are best kept in a poly-tent and watered with mist (with or without bottom. riparian/wetland restoration and streambank stabilization are looking for species that are easy to root from unrooted dormant material that will provide cost competitive alternatives to native willows (Salix spp.) and redosier dogwood (Cornus sericea) for direct sticking of cuttings and soil bioengineering practices.

The purpose of this work was to screen 15 shrubs indigenous to the Pacific Northwest USA. 37 shrubs that are easy to propagate from cuttings. Many deciduous garden shrubs can be propagated by softwood cuttings taken in summer.

The ones listed below tend to root quickly and grow into viable shrubs in a short period of time. Beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica) Beautybush (Kolkwitzia amabilis) Blue mist shrub (Caryopteris × clandonensis)Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins. 3. Take several 6″ to 8″ long cuttings from the new growth of the shrub.

Where the temperature is 65 degrees F, it is good.

Strip off the leaves near the cut, leaving only a few at the tip end of the cutting. Dust rooting hormone (click for sources) on the cut end. Insert the cut end of the clippings into the 3″ holes in the potting soil.

Firm the soil around each cutting. 4.