Winter Berry Hardwood Cuttings

The female plant of this deciduous holly produces showy red berries in late fall and winter.

Winter berry hardwood cuttings.

Hardwood cuttings are taken from dormant mature stems in late fall winter or early spring. Some evergreen plants hollies for example can also be taken at the same time of year as other hardwood cuttings. Softwood stems on a winterberry shrub are immature sections that snap when bent in half. When they have no leaves the best time for taking hardwood cuttings is from early autumn when the leaves drop to late winter.

The wood is firm and does not bend easily. Hardwood cuttings are typically taken in early spring or early winter when the plant is not actively growing. Hardwood cuttings are used most often for deciduous shrubs but can be used for many evergreens. Grow winterberry cuttings indoors through one winter season to increase the hardiness before transplanting outdoors.

Cut 8 inch softwood stem sections from new growth on the winterberry shrub with a clean sharp knife. Hardwood cuttings are taken from deciduous trees and plants ones that lose their leaves in winter when they are dormant i e. Step 1 select suitable cuttings. Goji berry plant propagation can be done both with softwood new growth cuttings taken in the summer and with hardwood old growth cuttings taken in the winter.

Hardwood cuttings of hardy plants like crape myrtle and forsythia may be stuck right away. But in a pinch hardwood cuttings can be taken anytime of the year. Look for a 6 inch long 1 4 inch thick cutting with no signs of damage or disease. Transplant the seedlings into a pot to be brought indoors for the first winter before finally planting outside.

But for plants prone to cold damage like pomegranate and fig take the cuttings right after the leaves drop and store them in the crisper drawer of your refrigerator through the winter and stick them in the early spring. Hardwood cuttings are gathered in winter when the blueberry bush is dormant. Plants generally are fully dormant with no obvious signs of active growth. Water hardwood cuttings with a sprinkler until they start growing leaves then mist water the cuttings until they are rooted.

Plants can remain in the propagation bed until winter when they should be transplanted into pots or nursery beds and held them for one year. Snip the cutting at a 45 degree. Rooting goji berry cuttings. Hardwood cuttings provide an easy and reliable method of propagating a range of deciduous climbers trees and shrubs and as bonus they are taken from mid autumn until late winter when more time is usually available to the gardener.

Place the stems in a moist piece of. You can propagate winterberry from cuttings to ensure the sex of the plant.