Dogwood cuttings

Hi all,

First post! We have a single Dogwood (the common red variety!) and i thought i might try and take some cuttings. I read a bit about how to do it in a book, but i'm not sure what the best time of year is to do this ? Can i do it now or wait 'till later in the year ??

Many thanks
Alistair

 

They should root pretty easily. At our previous house we cut ours right down in early spring (as the new stems have lovely colour, but more mature stems didn't) and we used them as pea-stakes to support the veg. Many of them rooted!!

 

Hi monkeyboy, if you drop dogwood sticks on the ground they will root!
If you look along the lower part of the stems, you will often see little roots forming. If you want to enjoy the red stems on your plant for now, you can leave chopping sticks off it until the end of February, then just push them into the ground by about a third of their length, and away they will grow.

 

Dogwood cuttings should normally be taken between November and January... so get busy.. you have 2.5 days left!!!

 

Agree, now is the time. And good luck, they will look fantastic next winter.

 

It might be easier to layer a couple of stems. just pin a couple of the stems to the ground and stand back.:gnthb:

 

Welcome Alistair and thanks for starting this thread I'ave just popped out (bearing in mind the freezing cold wind) and done plenty of cuttings, something I maybe would not had done without reading this thread.So thanx for that.:gnthb: Hel.xxx.

 

We do hundreds of cutting each year(lots of hedging gaps) Then we get a completely dry APRIL....WHOLE LOT wiped out. Last year we mixed and matched, raised bed,. individual pots, normal beds, hedges, left in buckets of water. The best ? those recovered off the fire, put in a DRY church arrangement for a month, then potted on. These were cornus nigra. We will try anything again. Maybe layering needs trying ?

Good luck, but do get on with it!!!.

 

Thanks for all the great advice everyone, went out today and took some cuttings so i'll see how they get on :gnthb:

 

Monkeyboy,

See if you can beg steal or borrow some of the other cultivars - Mid winter fire is a favorite. Of course if you buy one in the shops it will have enough wood for some cuttings this year but wait until the ground unfreezes first.

and thanks to whoever mentioned hedges - excellent idea