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Holly bush cuttings
meghan158
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Hello guys and girls!!
ive got some beautiful cuttings from a holly bush someone was cutting back for their neighbour... Is there anything I can do constructive with them? Perhaps propergate ? ..
thry were too pretty to leave on the ground ????
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A little late but worth a go. Are they variegated ones? They're treated as semi-ripe cuttings, so cut just under a node, cleanly with a SHARP knife, aiming for a 4 - 6 inch long cutting. Remove the growing tip and insert the cutting into a suitable rooting medium. I wouldn't go for rooting hormone at this time of year, but would rather wait for nature to gently take its course. Put the cuttings in a cold frame, somewhere they are protected from the fiercest cold and the wet and leave 'em be 'til late next spring, checking occasionally to remove any which have obviously died/gone brown/mouldy.
H-C