UK - How do I take cuttings from a lilac?

Don%26#039;t take cuttings - not easy to propogate from cutting - some may tell you different but I have never been able to grow from a cutting.





Best option - at the soil level - look for side shoots growing upward - move the soil away until you find root growth - then seperate the stem and place into a pot and water in well - you are best to do this once the plant has lost all it%26#039;s leaves in a few weeks time - although it can be done now and during growing period - but will need looking after and plenty of good compost and water.

UK - How do I take cuttings from a lilac?
Try to take your cuttings from a part of the plant that is not yet woody. Get a packet of rooting hormone; dip the cut ends into the powder, and press them into a pot of moist soil, firming the soil around the cutting for support. It may take some time; woody plants are more difficult to root than herbaceous ones. Keep the soil moist, and if all goes well, you will have a new lilac plant by spring.





Good luck!
Reply:Cuttings take far too long to begin the bloom.


This could take several years to mature enough to bloom.


Lilac Propagation


http://www.gardenersnet.com/lilac/lilac0...


popular way to grow new bushes is to take small shoots from an existing plant. Select shoots which are one to two feet tall. Look for good root systems. Dig deeply to extract as much of the root as possible. The main root will be attached to the mother plant. Use clippers to cut it from the main bush. Plant the new shoot in the location you have selected. Add compost to the soil before planting. Plant three to five shoots in each area. Water thoroughly. Like all transplants, the survival rate is higher if transplanted in cooler weather. Keep the soil around your transplant moist, but not water-logged.
Reply:Cut a young stem just below a notch, dip in rooting powder and plant.
Reply:As lilac is a deciduous shrub/small tree I would take hardwood cuttings 50 to 100mm in winter. Dip in a suitable rooting hormone and insert into a tray of free draining cutting mix. Other option is to take cuttings and insert into a spare bit of garden and wait for spring


Also go to local library and look for a plain english book on propagation. I use Growing Gardens for Free by Geoff Bryant, published 2003 by David Bateman Ltd, New Zealand


It is an easy book for anyone who wants to get addicted to plants, I am a Plant a holic
Reply:Syringia (lilac)


Propagate by cuttings , late summer - autumn, species also by suckers or seed in spring.


Take semi-hardwood cuttings-


Take terminal growth, cutting well into ripening wood. Trim below a node (leaf joint or bud, often with a swelling of the stem) and remove any soft tip growth above the bud, leaving a finished length of 3 inch.


Alternatively take similar-sized lateral shoots with a heel of old wood attached, by pulling gently from the plant; trim off raged tissue from the heel. With both types, remove the lower pairs of leaves. Insert four or five cuttings around the sides of an 8 cm (3in) pot of a mixture of peat and sand. Water well and cover with a clear plastic bag supported with a bent wire or two canes.


Alternatively, insert the cuttings in seed trays of rooting medium, in rows 4cm apart and place in a light closed garden frame; keep them moist.



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