Even Tree Size Cuttings Will Root In Plain Tap Water. 🙂

I just stick mine in the ground

Hoodlily, Is this a trunk cutting or from a larger branch?

Fat cuttings seem more durable than skinny tips, in my experience. I think they have more oomph and are less juicy and soft. I do fine putting them in dirt, but haven't tried one that size

I've rooted in both sand and water... and they do much better in sand for me than water.
I've rooted them indoors and out in the garden...

I have to trim my big brugs back every season. Sometimes I have to cut large thick branches that are impinging on the house; sometimes just tips. I've never had a problem with any site cutting just sticking it in the ground

That's what I've seen when I've done that. Enormous cuttings take root easily in water. The reason I do that is to save material that would otherwise be turned to mush from frost. I prefer to cut and save, vs. having a clean-up chore to do.

Yes, cuttings put in the ground during the growing season also do well, if one wants to reduce the size. They don't get that big here, having to start over from the ground level each year. Once in a while, one or two don't return, so by bringing some stems in, I'm not at risk for losing all of them over a harsh winter. It's not a thing of saying this is the best way to propagate, but a way to save and use what would otherwise be ruined.

These pics are from a couple years ago. I did the same last winter, and this year. They are in a half gallon laundry soap jug, which has a great wide opening.




I haven't taken pics of this years' props yet. On my to-do list for this weekend.

The goal for me isn't to have an indoor plant, but to keep the cuttings just alive until they can go in the ground in the spring and have 8-9 months to establish before the next freeze. The roots are hardy here but the above-ground parts are not. This is what a Brug looks like in the spring here.

My usual pots doing ok

In water cool bright window

Those look robust! Is the 2nd variegated?

Some are variegated, maybe Maya/ Peaches and Cream. Others are Dr. Seuss. All together there are way more than I will actually plant next year haha. Cuz there are 4 more small scraggly ones in pots I dragged in, cool basement. I just hate seeing them freeze right after their most beautiful blooms of the year!

It's worth a try. I feel better when I try & fail than when I don't try @ all.

purpleinopp said: That's what I've seen when I've done that. Enormous cuttings take root easily in water. The reason I do that is to save material that would otherwise be turned to mush from frost. I prefer to cut and save, vs. having a clean-up chore to do.

Yes, cuttings put in the ground during the growing season also do well, if one wants to reduce the size. They don't get that big here, having to start over from the ground level each year. Once in a while, one or two don't return, so by bringing some stems in, I'm not at risk for losing all of them over a harsh winter. It's not a thing of saying this is the best way to propagate, but a way to save and use what would otherwise be ruined.

These pics are from a couple years ago. I did the same last winter, and this year. They are in a half gallon laundry soap jug, which has a great wide opening.




I haven't taken pics of this years' props yet. On my to-do list for this weekend.

The goal for me isn't to have an indoor plant, but to keep the cuttings just alive until they can go in the ground in the spring and have 8-9 months to establish before the next freeze. The roots are hardy here but the above-ground parts are not. This is what a Brug looks like in the spring here.

Tiffany, I find it interesting that yours freeze all the way to the ground. Years ago when we first moved here, mine did the same. They would all freeze to mush every winter. Something changed about 10 or so years ago. I guess we got just warm enough that this rarely happens here now. I do get tip damage, defoliation, and in a really brutal freeze will lose some branches. But I've not had a plant freeze to the ground in a long time. I guess its climate change. It could still easily happen. The weather forecasts for the 22-24 here are a very mixed bag right now. Some are saying 3-4 nights in the low to mid 20's, some are saying one night in the 20's , some are saying NO nights in the 20's. If we did get the temps like that for 3-4 nights, low to mid-20's, they will definitely take a big hit. So I may be back posting, look, they did freeze to the ground LOL.

LOL! It's possible that older material is more able to withstand the cold than the tender new growth of the current year. It sounds like your property is very protected with a lot more trees too. I hope you escape a damaging cold. If we can just get our Canadians friends to the north to shut the door!

I truly can not comprehend anyone living so far north that snow and ice every single winter. I've never lived anywhere truly cold. When I was a child we lived in west Texas where it could fall to 0F in theory but I don't think it ever did. And we only very rarely got snow. Sleet and ice storms were more common. As an adult this part of Florida bus actually the coldest place I've ever lived in winter. The temperature difference between the brutal summer heat and the possibility of 20f weather kind of freaks me out

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