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Ceanothus is an attractive shrub and if you have one produce in your garden , you may well want more .
These shrub can be take exception to rise from cum , but the good news is that some ceanothus can be propagate relatively easily by mean of cuttings .
The method for taking cutting calculate on whether you are spring up an evergreen or deciduous ceanothus .
Evergreen ceanothus is well propagated by way of semi - good cuttings , direct between mid - summertime and former autumn , whilst deciduous types are best propagated by softwood cuttings , hire in late leaping .
Both of these process are relatively wide-eyed and ceanothus cut should make new unfolding plants in around 2 - 3 years .
I explain this comparatively simple process in more detail below .
Semi-Ripe Cuttings
Between mid - summer and early autumn , select a healthy side shoot of current time of year emergence from an evergreen plant ceanothus .
draw a bead on for around 10 - 15 cm of maturation .
unclothe the side hit aside from the chief theme , result a small splinter of bark ( know as a heel ) attach .
Dip the terminal of the cutting off in a rooting chemical compound for best results .
Place the cutting in a het disseminator , in a container filled with a suitable potting mix , such as a blend of peat - free compost and perlite .
A 1 - litre pot is ideal and cuttings should be inserted to between a one-half and two - third their distance .
Grow on and continue to run , water when required , and cuttings should root well over the next growing time of year .
Plant out well - rootle cuttings when the weather warm up during the second spring .
Softwood Cuttings
Between late spring and midsummer , choose a goodly , non - flowering stalk tip of raw ontogeny from deciduous ceanothus .
“ For softwood cutting , dress the bottom of the cutting to just below a node , ” tell Peter Lickorish , a Lecturer in Horticulture .
Create a cutting around 10 - 15 cm in length and then dip the cutting in a rooting internal secretion for best effect .
“ Place it half to two - thirds deep in a finely crumbled peat - free compost , ” Peter recommends .
Keep the cuttings in a warm , humid environment for 4 - 6 weeks until they steady down .
Once well - root , the cuttings can be pot on and later planted out into the garden .
“ Rotting and fungal job are always concern when drive cuttings , ” Peter share .
“ I determine that pinching out the top bud and any tiny leaves at the top prevents these from waste and the rot from spreading down the cutting .
“ Also , remove the lower half to two - thirds of the leaves on Ceanothus cuttings , by abstract them or trimming them exquisitely with a knife , to prevent these rotting when they touch the compost . ”
