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Can trees be propagated from cuttings? Is there a special way that a cutting needs to be taken from a wild dogwood tree, for example? Put in water or rooting compount?
Can trees be propagated from cuttings? Is there a special way that a cutting needs to be taken from a wild dogwood tree, for example? Put in water or rooting compount?
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White Dogwoods are fairly straightforward. The pink/red varieties are harder to start. Any seeds from any dogwood tree will be white.
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Vegetative Reproduction- The species also reproduces extensively by layering. Other means of vegetative propagation include softwood cuttings in summer, hardwood cuttings in winter, grafting in winter or spring, suckers and divisions in spring, and budding in the summer. Vegetative reproduction is necessary to propagate plants for characteristics such as fruit retention and color of bracts and fruit.
Flowering dogwood roots readily from cuttings taken in June or immediately after the plants bloom.
The red form of flowering dogwood is difficult to start from cuttings and usually is propagated by budding in late summer or grafting in winter (6).
Thank you, paperhouse. Reps for such a helpful reply! You're the best. We have a white dogwood on the edge of the woods next to our property, and I'm thinking of taking a cutting from it - would have done it now while it's blooming, except for your reply. Now I know to wait until after it has finished blooming.
Thank you, paperhouse. Reps for such a helpful reply! You're the best. We have a white dogwood on the edge of the woods next to our property, and I'm thinking of taking a cutting from it - would have done it now while it's blooming, except for your reply. Now I know to wait until after it has finished blooming.
The seeds are fairly easy to propagate. Collect them in the fall just before they come off. You may have to fight the robins and bluejays. Take the husk off, scratch the seed with a sharp knife to damage the skin. Put it in well drained soil and put a very thin layer of mulch. You only want to protect it from rain, not cold. You'll have about 80% success rate with seeds. Plus, you can grow them in containers.
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