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Jun 14, Take cuttings of lilac bushes from tender new growth in late spring or early summer. Mature growth is less likely to root. Take several cuttings to increase your chance of success.

Take cuttings in the morning when the weather is cool and the plant is well-hydrated. Cut 4- to 6-inch lengths ( cm.) of tender, new growth. Mar 02, Use your finger to make a hole in the center of the soil and put your cutting in the hole. Make sure the rooting powder does not come off when you plant it. Water the cutting instantly after it has been planted in the media. This will help to firm the soil around your cutting.

Under these conditions, the cutting should root in three to six weeks, but it could take as long as eight. May 01, Taking cuttings is an age old method of getting more plants from established ones to pass on or keep to expand your own garden.

Rooting lilacs from cuttings is a great way to get more of these beautiful bushes. Choose the lilac you wish to propagate. Take a few cuttings just after flowering.

When splitting a lilac bush, only the new shoots or stems should be separated from the root ball.

Dip in rooting hormone and plant in shrubpruning.bars: May 28, Hello! Here's an update of how my lilacs are rooting from cuttings I took two weeks ago. The first video I took was May shrubpruning.bar a. Sep 10, Get the Best Mortgage Rate for You Plant Lilac Cuttings Immediately. You will need to plant your lilac cuttings immediately, so they don't have a chance to Use a Rooting Hormone. To help root lilac cuttings grow, you'll need a synthetic auxin rooting hormone that.

Jun 11, Instead of rooting a cutting for your sister, try looking around the base of the bush and finding shoots (sometimes called suckers).

You should be able to pull gently on one and transplant it root and all. Make sure you leave a fair amount of soil around the roots for transportation and replant quickly. Apr 25, Potting the Lilac Suckers With some I had to cut the large roots back so it was easier to fit them in the pots, the smaller roots will be fine to get started. Fill some 1-gallon pots or taller 4-inch pots with potting soil halfway then place the lilac sucker or shoot into it before filling the pot the rest of the way with shrubpruning.bars: Rooting A Cutting From A Lilac Bush.

I took cuttings from an old fashioned lilac bush the spring of just after blooming was done. I rooted them outdoors in 6" pots enclosed in plastic bags kept in shade. I normally like to root cutting of any kind in straight moist perlite or sand, but happened to use potting mix that time.