Does anyone know? RE: Forsythia bush

[quiltnchik]

I've always just taken a cutting and rooted it in water. My mom now has 3 gorgeous bushes from one of mine, and I created 3 for myself by just putting the cuttings in water in a window until they rooted

 

[ultasol]

First I would choose a piece from the younger wood, older wood takes longer to root. I would cut it into a piece about twelve inches long, and make sure you remove the tip of the growing lead (there are hormones in the very tip that prevent buds farther down from growing), and stick it in some potting soil. Keep watered and in a sheltered location. It should root just fine without rooting hormone, as this is a very simple plant to root- almost as easy as Salix (willow).

 

[gritsar]

Quote:
This one is not well behaved at all. DH has been trying to kill it for a couple years now. It was approx. 10 foot wide, not one bush but about 20 of them (not an exaggeration). It took up an entire corner of the yard.
Anything his mom or grandma planted grows like crazy. The hibiscus bush in the front yard is over 12 ft. tall. Biggest hibiscus I've ever seen. It dwarfs the peach tree next to it. In fact, I think that's why the peach tree didn't grow well.
There's a gardenia bush up at the cemetary that his grandma planted. It's as wide as four of the family graves. I want to try and get a clipping off of it this spring. I know how to root a gardenia; they're easy.
Now if I could just get some seeds from his grandma's southern magnolia to sprout. I know I won't live long enough to see it bloom, but I sure would like to have one.

 

[faykokoWV]

by the way, one of the nice things about forsythia is you can force bloom a branch inside.

late winter or Early spring, just when it starts to show a little tiny bit of green cut a few branches and bring them in the house, put them in a vase of warm water. Its really nice having blooming stuff in the house before most things are blooming.

 

[sourland]

Third method faykokoWV suggested is almost fool proof. Do this on several stems, and you should be guaranteed several plants.