best time for cuttings

mchammer

Hello all,
I'm hoping to take cuttings from various plants and trees this year and was wondering if anyone knew the best time to do it for the various species below....I have fairly good info on how to go about taking the cuttings but am just concerned about getting the timing right!

• beech
• hazel
• hawthorn + blackthorn
• cherry + cherry blossom
• rowan/mountain ash
• japanese maple
• sumac
• silver birch

Thanks
MC

looksee

The info on taking the cuttings should give some idea of when to take them. There are lots of variables but in general any cuttings I have taken have been in late summer when the new wood has grown and begun to mature. I usually take heel cuttings, and put them under cover in the garden, then just wait and hope.

I have never had a lot of luck with stem sections, except in a few shrubs that will grow even if you just stick a random stem in the ground: willows, dogwood, hydrangea, leysesteria. But maybe I am not careful enough with the stem cuttings

A general rule is put in lots of slips as they will not all root, and if they are deciduous with big leaves cut off a good chunk of the mature leaves and just leave the new leaves.

If you have a sumach you are more likely to have masses of shoots coming out of the surrounding garden, than need to plant slips!

mchammer

Just posting this as there is some good info here on taking cuttings for various type of trees shrubs..

http://www.gardenplansireland.com/forum/about218.html

http://www.gardenplansireland.com/forum/about1800.html

http://www.gardenplansireland.com/forum/about771.html

Burgess5

Cherry Blossom, Japanese Maple, some Silver Birches and Rowans (esp the fancier ones) are propogated by grafting a cutting onto a rootstock. Grafting is a specialist job much trickier than taking a few cuttings so probably best left to the professionals.
Otherwise looksees advice below seems about right.