"karaman" wrote
neighbours magnolia is leaning over the hedge into my garden. he is not
a gardener so wont care if i cut the branch that hangs over into
mine......
QUESTION
what do i do with it once branch is in my posession? shall i dig a hole
and stick it in there or stand the smaller shoots in water until they
show signs of rooting? or do both? must do domething, too good an
opportunity to miss.

dont know variety, only that it has purple flowers and is probably an
ordinary variety available from any garden centre.

picture below

any suggestions welcome, thanks, karaman


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I've grown them from seed but you can do it from cuttings.
Looking at my books ...
Take 4 inch heal cuttings of half ripe wood in July and insert them in damp
course sand and keep at 21°C (70°F), preferably in a propagator, do not let
the sand dry out. After some months pot the rooted cuttings up and keep in a
cold frame overwinter to plant out the following April/May in a nursery bed.
Leave them for two or three years to grow on before replanting in their
permanent position.
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
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