Hi I'm am thinking of growing a small hedge of buddleja along my boundary fence, is it possible to take cuttings from my existing huge buddleja and if so how do I do it? I I've never taken cuttings brfore.
They're very easy Julia so have a go Pick a nice, pencil thick stem, prune off below a leaf joint and above the next one up, remove all but a few leaves at the top - if they're big you can cut them in half - stick them round the edge of a pot of gritty compost, water and tuck them somewhere sheltered. If you have a cold frame or greenhouse, you can put them in there for winter. You should get 3 or 4 round a 6 or 7 inch pot. They won't do too much root forming now, but they should take and have some roots by spring. Once they're rooted, pot up separately and they'll grow on quickly. Bear in mind that a hedge of them will get very big each year , after pruning back in late winter/spring!
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I like them but wouldn’t have them for a hedge, bare through the winter, cut right down almost to the ground in Spring, providing no shelter for birds, I can think of better hedges. Each to his own though. Once you have them they self seed and the tiny ones grow very quickly.
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Thats good because I've pulled a piece off with a couple of leaves on it & stuck it in some compost, so perhaps it will root just like yours did.
Sounds as if you did it just right - this is what Monty says http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/gardening/article-2019695/ASK-MONTY-How-I-cuttings-plant-to-friends.html
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I usually do buddleja cuttings in spring as soft wood cuttings, but you can do hard wood cuttings in winter too.
I'm am thinking of growing a small hedge of buddleja along my boundary fence, is it possible to take cuttings from my existing huge buddleja and if so how do I do it? I I've never taken cuttings brfore.
Pick a nice, pencil thick stem, prune off below a leaf joint and above the next one up, remove all but a few leaves at the top - if they're big you can cut them in half - stick them round the edge of a pot of gritty compost, water and tuck them somewhere sheltered. If you have a cold frame or greenhouse, you can put them in there for winter. You should get 3 or 4 round a 6 or 7 inch pot.
They won't do too much root forming now, but they should take and have some roots by spring. Once they're rooted, pot up separately and they'll grow on quickly.
Bear in mind that a hedge of them will get very big each year , after pruning back in late winter/spring!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...