Many broadleaf evergreen shrubs and conifers can be reproduced by the home gardener using cuttings of mature stems.
In this article, we give instructions for using semi-hardwood and hardwood cuttings.
Hardwood cuttings are often taken from deciduous shrubs, but manyevergreenscan be propagated from hardwood cuttings.
Hardwood cuttings are fully mature stems; gather cuttings while the tree or shrub is dormant.
There should be no obvious signs of growth; the wood should be firm and not easily bent.
To save indoor space, cuttings can be placed outdoors in nursery beds or directly in the soil.
Protect them from freezing and from foraging animals, such as chipmunks.
Straw piled around the cuttings helps prevent the ground from freezing and heaving up the rooting cuttings.
