Re: propagating hydrangeas

Hello'
That is exactly how I do them...But if you use Root tone be sure the powder is on the node as the nodes are where the roots form the best naturally, thats why 2 nodes do best........Also cuttings after the blooms are gone work best....do not take cuttings from new plants that have not bloomed yet as these plants bloom from new growth and will not bloom that year after cutting. We just 'stick em in 4" pot w/ lots o hormone on em and away they go..........Transplant to 1 gallon after roots come out bottom.
O yeah one more thing....if you don't like the Root Tone thing.......rooting hormone can be made by cutting up a willow limb in short peices and letting soak in water for a few days....the water can then be used for dipping the cuttings....works well.

Dee
http://www.oregoncams.com
Eugene, OR
Zone 8

Marilyn Dube wrote:

Isabelle,
	I take hydrangea tip cuttings 3 nodes long in August.  Strip leaves from
bottom 2 nodes - these will go underground.  Cut remaining leaves in half.
Dip cut end in rootone if you have it - if you don't its OK too.  Stick
cuttings in a mix of 1/2 perlite & 1/2 vermiculite and keep moist.  You will
have nicely rooted cuttings by October at least.  I'm afraid I never heard
of rooting Hydrangeas in water.
Climbing Hydrangea can easily be propagated by wounding the bottom of a
stem, covering that spot with dirt and putting a weight on it.  After it is
rooted just cut it away from the mother plant.

Marilyn Dube'
Natural Designs Nursery
Portland, Oregon


-----Original Message-----
From:	owner-perennials@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Isabelle Hayes
Sent:	Tuesday, July 08, 2003 5:37 AM
To:	perennials
Subject:	propagating hydrangeas

About four or five years ago, another person on this list, Tom in the
state of Georgia, sent me several rooted cuttings of oak leaf hydrangea,
which I had seen growing in gardens in Ontario, Canada, and mentioned
wanting them to this list.

Only one of them lived, and it is finally looking like something.  Not
yet flowering, but looking more like a bush than a twig with leaves.

Someone here wrote recently about taking cuttings from hydrangea and
propagating them this way.  I did this, took a small shoot and put it in
water, but it didn't grow roots and eventually got looking wan and
droopy, so I put it out of its' misery.

Anyone know how to do it right?

TIA

Isabelle Hayes

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