The propagation of the flower dogwood depends on whether your plant is a wild species or a cultivated form. While the wild forms are quite easy to reproduce, cultivated forms are often hybrids.
In spring, the flower dogwood inspires with a sea of delicate blossoms
These hybrids usually form sterile flowers. This means that they have no or at least no germinable seeds. Thus, propagation by seed is not possible with these plants. However, they can be propagated with the help of cuttings, by division or lowering.
If, on the other hand, it is a grafted plant, root cuttings are not suitable for propagation because the shoots do not come from the grafted part of the plant. Here you can try propagation by lowering or sowing, if seeds are available.
Can I propagate my flower dogwood by seed?
If your dogwood develops seeds, you can collect and sow them. Carefully remove the pulp from the seeds, this prevents the seeds from mold and improves germination. For some varieties, the seeds need cold to germinate. Put these seeds in the fridge for a few days or sow these varieties in a pot that you leave outside over the winter.
What is the best way to propagate my flower dogwood?
Since dogwood cuttings do not root that easily, propagation by lowering or division is recommended. Bend a strong shoot towards the ground, cover it with some soil over a length of about 20 cm and weigh it down so that it stays in the ground. After some time, roots form there and the young plant can be separated from the mother plant.
As long as your flower dogwood is still a manageable size, you can share it too. Place the resulting partial plants in the desired location in the ground. However, division only works with relatively young flowering dogwoods. At some point the plant will be too big and unwieldy for it.
Flower Dogwood Propagation Tips:
- Sowing possible with seed-forming varieties
- Cuttings do not root easily
- simplest way of propagation: sinkers or division
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The easiest way to propagate your flower dogwood is to form layering pots. You can transplant the rooted young plants as you wish.