How To Propagate Boxwood

It is obvious that boxwood is not a cheap plant so knowing how to propagate it can be very useful and budget friendly. All you need is a little patience – it might take a year till your new plant starts to grow. 

During July/August choose some healthy boxwood twigs that are 10 to 15 cm long and don’t have any blooms on them. Remove almost all of the leaves, leaving just a few on the tip. Prepare the soil and make holes. Plant the twigs so that half of their length is in the soil. Cover the planter with foil. The soil should be moderately moist and when a root system develops on the twigs new leaves will start to show.

 

Important Tip: it is best to keep the new plant at the height of your hands. This way the pruning process will be much easier. Using proper tools will help you make clean cuts that will heal fast. If you don’t make a clean cut, fungi and other pests may inhabit your plant.

 

Extra Tip: Boxwood is an outdoor plant so it doesn’t require a warm spot for a successful propagation. Keep the planters with the new plants on your balcony, preferably in shade. You can also plant the young twigs directly into your garden. Just choose a nice shady, protected spot and plant the twigs in moist soil rich with limestone and clay.

How To Propagate Boxwood

Learn How to Easily Propagate Sansevieria Cuttings

There are so many plants you can easily propagate from cuttings and leaves and Sansevieria is one of those plants. Just follow our easy tips and you can have new Snake Plants at no cost!

When we are talking about Sansevieria propagation, there is only one exception we need to mention – the yellow edge variety can be propagated by division only which means you can only get plants with green leaves by propagating from cuttings.

To propagate new Snake Plants from cuttings you need to choose a healthy leaf and cut it at the base. Place it on a board and cut transversely into sections about two inches. Then make a small V-shaped cut on the side that is near the base and insert the cutting in a pot filled with sharp sand. Dip the cuttings in the sand about an inch and leave about three inches above the sand.

Keep the pot in a warm room. Water your cuttings regularly. In about six weeks you will get new plants from each cutting. When they have 2-3 leaves take them out of the sand and carefully remove them from the old leaf. Plant each of the new leaves separately.

And yes, it is as easy as it sounds! 

 

Learn How to Easily Propagate Sansevieria Cuttings