This Canadian Hemlock is in my landscape.

One advantage of softwood cuttings over hardwood cuttings is that they have better growth rates. One advantage of hardwood cuttings over softwood cuttings is that they have higher rooting. Cuttings can be taken from semi-ripe branches for propagation in late summer.

Cut the new part of a branch that has only appeared this season. The branch should be green at the tip but browning.

For cuttings and seeds, the glass or plastic protects against drying winter winds and excessive rains, while trapping a bit of warmth.

Nov 10, Growing Canadian Hemlock, Tsuga Canadensis from Cuttings. Canadian Hemlock are not typically grown from cuttings because they are difficult to do from cuttings.

It takes them many weeks if not months to root if they root at all. The best way to do them from cuttings is in the late fall or winter when the growth has hardened bushmulching.barted Reading Time: 9 mins.

How often do I need to use it?

Nov 27, It's actually the best time for many conifer cuttings, usually in a cold frame or some other protected spot, in pure sand is often best. A teensy bit of bottom heat (around 10C is perfect) and the strongest form of rooting hormone should assure good roots by spring.

These two at least root.