The propagation of plants from your own garden is not only popular with experienced gardeners and crowned with success. Even as a hobby gardener, you can clone your shrubs, so to speak, with the help of cuttings or planters.

Propagation via seeds usually takes a little longer

Can I propagate all the shrubs myself?

Many shrubs can be propagated quite well, while others require a little patience or tact. However, it is always worth trying at least once. However, from self-collected seeds you do not always get bushes with the desired properties. On the other hand, you can get specimens identical to the mother plant by cuttings or sinkers.

Propagation by cuttings

Cuttings can be taken from most shrubs. Late spring and the summer months, around May to August, are ideal for propagating cuttings. If you use very young shoots that are still soft, they can easily rot. If, on the other hand, they are hard and already lignified, it may take a long time for roots to form.

You may cut cuttings several times at intervals of a few days or take shoots with different degrees of woodiness. You can stimulate root formation with rooting powder. This is often useful, especially with hard shoots.

Propagation by sinkers

The easiest way is to propagate by sinkers. Here you only have to deflect a flexible shoot onto the ground, cover it with earth and possibly weigh it down with a stone. The future young plant will continue to be cared for by the mother plant. After rooting, it can be separated from it.

Propagation by seed

If you want to propagate shrubs by seed, you can buy the seeds or collect them yourself from your plants. However, as the seeds carry traits from both parent plants, appearance is not always predictable. Purchased seeds are usually carefully bred and tested. Sown according to the instructions on the packet, you will get the shrubs you want.

The essentials in brief:

  • simplest way of propagation: sinkers
  • Young plants identical to the mother plant: through cuttings and sinkers
  • Stimulate rooting: with rooting powder
  • Avoid waterlogging, allows cuttings to rot
  • pour carefully

tips

It's a good idea to keep a close eye on the shrubs you're about to take cuttings from for a while so you don't miss the right moment.

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