Rosemary Hardwood Cuttings

It s super simple to learn how to propagate rosemary from cuttings.

Rosemary hardwood cuttings.

Firm but flexible stems from evergreen. Series 27 episode 18. Take winter semi hardwood cuttings. Once you have an established rosemary plant a really neat thing you can do with it is take a cutting and make more rosemary plants.

Now this is a great way to reuse plastic bottles and save you some bucks from pots for propagating plants in. Learn how to take rosemary cuttings from an established mother plant and grow new rosemary plants in containers that can be moved outside in summer and indoors in winter. This list of possible plants to propagate from hardwood cuttings in october and november is long but some common ones include rosemary rhododendron hydrangeas flowering currant ribes oregon. Cut a piece of rosemary about 6 8 inches long that looks like it is newer growth.

You can root rosemary cuttings pretty much any time of the year but fall and spring are usually the best times to do so. To get started all you need is a mother plant or a plant from which to take cuttings plenty of moisture and a place that s warm but out of the sun for plants to take root. Rosemary looks good all year and is great for pots the veg patch and the allotment it s aromatic leaves can be used in a variety of ways and its flowers are extremely popular with bees. Discard that end piece you ve just cut off.

What you need to grow your own cuttings. Starting from the bottom trim the original cut up to a fresh leaf node. Rosemary rosmarinus officinalis is a perennial herb in usda hardiness zones 8 and warmer where it can be planted in the garden and can grow 4 feet tall and spreads about 4. Rosemary seeds can take a very long time to germinate so buy young plants which are widely available or wait until after flowering and take cuttings.

Propagate rosemary cuttings step 1. A leaf node is where leaves are growing out of the stem. What we do next is cut that single rosemary stem into pieces each one has the potential to grow into its own plant. Propagating rosemary from cuttings is super easy much easier than growing rosemary from seed and it can be a real money saver especially if you d like to live in a world full of rosemary like me.

Remove the leaves from the bottom two thirds of the cutting leaving at least five or six leaves. Prepare the rosemary cuttings. Rosemary cuttings should be taken from the soft or new wood on the plant. Jane s step by step guide.

You can use any kind provided they are of food grade or no chemicals were previously stored in the bottles. If i can do it you can too. The soft wood is most easily harvested in the spring when the plant is in its most active growth phase.