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Frogleg
27-09-2004, 03:14 PM
On 26 Sep 2004 15:23:36 GMT, Ol' Duffer > wrote:

>I would like to propagate some of the evergreen bushes
>around my house for replacement purposes. They have
>a bunch of little red berries on them, which obviously
>are the normal "seed" but I haven't had any luck getting
>new plants from berries.
>
>I tried planting some last year in a peat/soil mix,
>and didn't get a single sprout. What do they want to
>germinate? Digested by a bird? Burnt by a forest fire?
>More to the point, what can I do to make them grow?
>
>Or should I try cuttings? Someone loan me a clue?

A brief Google shows that juiper seed germination is very poor. Here's
something about cuttings that looks good at first glance.

http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/pnw0152/pnw0152.html

Hint: when looking for "how to grow" something, good results can
usually be had by trying

plantname germination
plantname cultivation
plantname reproduction

or even

"how to grow plantname"

Google