Monday, May 17, 2010

Can you grow another plant from one tree or shrub?

I have a Rose of Sharon and I would like to grow another one with a cutting. Is this possible? Does it work for other shrubs or trees? Yes, I can afford to buy more I just wanted to try to grow them myself(for the ones with the cheeky remarks.) Thanks for your help in advance!

Can you grow another plant from one tree or shrub?
Yes! You can take cuttings from your Althea, that is Rose of Sharon. Take a woody cutting about 6 to 8 inches, with at least one bud union about a quarter inch from the bottom cut and another closer to the top. The bud unions are the spots that have the most growth producing cells for production of advantious roots and leaves. Make sure the cuts are clean, and transplant it into a soil media of moderately coarse material..Water it in, and water it regularly to keep it from drying out. I am sure you already understood that. You may want to take several cuttings in case some of them don't make it. One more important point, enjoy!
Reply:It depends on the genus of tree or shrub, roses will start from cuttings, as will euyonomous shrubs, philodedrons and pepperomias. The best bet is to search how to propagate a plant, or find a book on the subject. If it will start in water, you can see the roots grow.
Reply:yes you can.


you would have to cut a little bit of the branch and tie some dung or fretilizer to that spot using a plastice bag and that would give your branch roots which you could plant later on when you complete cut it off from the original plant and then you would plant that branch in the ground. its easy and its bengali
Reply:yes u can, it's called cloning


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