Can anyone here help me please?
There's a rather nice flowering quince with pink flowers down the road from
my house and I would rather like to take a cutting off it.

Is it possible/realistic to take a cutting or two of this bush?
Is there a best time and technique to do this? I'm clueless, as you can
tell.
--
Tim C.

"Tim C." wrote in message
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Can anyone here help me please?
There's a rather nice flowering quince with pink flowers down the road
from
my house and I would rather like to take a cutting off it.

Is it possible/realistic to take a cutting or two of this bush?
Is there a best time and technique to do this? I'm clueless, as you can
tell.
--
Tim C.

Sounds like the plant you are interested in is Chaenomeles, sometimes called
Japonica or Japanese Quince.
Basal cuttings in June, trimmed to about 4" in a cold frame work quite well.
Basal cuttings are the current years growth from where it grows out of last
years stem. But it may be worth trying some hard wood cuttings now (I have
not done it this way)

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)

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"Tim C." wrote in message
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Can anyone here help me please?
There's a rather nice flowering quince with pink flowers down the road
from
my house and I would rather like to take a cutting off it.

Is it possible/realistic to take a cutting or two of this bush?
Is there a best time and technique to do this? I'm clueless, as you can
tell.
--
Tim C.

Sounds like the plant you are interested in is Chaenomeles, sometimes called
Japonica or Japanese Quince.

Ah yes, it could well be that. That's the name I had in my mind, but I
really wasn't sure.

Basal cuttings in June, trimmed to about 4" in a cold frame work quite well.
Basal cuttings are the current years growth from where it grows out of last
years stem. But it may be worth trying some hard wood cuttings now (I have
not done it this way)


Cheers! I'll try both.
--
Tim C.

Tim C. wrote:

Following up to "Charlie Pridham" :


"Tim C." wrote in message
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Can anyone here help me please?
There's a rather nice flowering quince with pink flowers down the road

from

my house and I would rather like to take a cutting off it.

Is it possible/realistic to take a cutting or two of this bush?
Is there a best time and technique to do this? I'm clueless, as you can
tell.
--
Tim C.

Sounds like the plant you are interested in is Chaenomeles, sometimes called
Japonica or Japanese Quince.

Ah yes, it could well be that. That's the name I had in my mind, but I
really wasn't sure.

Basal cuttings in June, trimmed to about 4" in a cold frame work quite well.
Basal cuttings are the current years growth from where it grows out of last
years stem. But it may be worth trying some hard wood cuttings now (I have
not done it this way)

It is also worth looking around the base. Many of them sucker and you
can pinch a piece with root already attached that way. Pegging a low
growing bit down also works to propagate it.

Regards,
Martin Brown

Someone advised here to put cuttlings in water with aspirin and willow
twigs cuttings as he said the willow has a natural hormone that helps
rooting.

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Martin Brown wrote:

It is also worth looking around the base. Many of them sucker and you
can pinch a piece with root already attached that way. Pegging a low
growing bit down also works to propagate it.

Yes, this is the normal (and best) way for such suckering shrubs.
But, as you imply, a few don't sucker much and so cuttings will
be needed.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Thankyou everybody for the information. I'll have a chat with the owner of
the plant and I'll probably try all the suggestions.

Merry Xmas.
--
Tim C.

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from Tim C. contains these words:

Can anyone here help me please?
There's a rather nice flowering quince with pink flowers down the road from
my house and I would rather like to take a cutting off it.

Is it possible/realistic to take a cutting or two of this bush?
Is there a best time and technique to do this? I'm clueless, as you can
tell.

Where are you? I have suckers coming from my Japonica (And three big
bags of fruit this year - lovely jelly and improves cooked apple no
end...)

You're welcome to a rooted sucker.

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Rusty
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from Tim C. contains these words:

Can anyone here help me please?
There's a rather nice flowering quince with pink flowers down the road from
my house and I would rather like to take a cutting off it.

Is it possible/realistic to take a cutting or two of this bush?
Is there a best time and technique to do this? I'm clueless, as you can
tell.

Where are you? I have suckers coming from my Japonica (And three big
bags of fruit this year - lovely jelly and improves cooked apple no
end...)

You're welcome to a rooted sucker.


Rusty Hinge, thanks for the offer, but I'm in Austria.

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On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 13:18:52 GMT, Rusty Hinge 2
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The message
from Tim C. contains these words:

Can anyone here help me please?
There's a rather nice flowering quince with pink flowers down the
road from
my house and I would rather like to take a cutting off it.

Is it possible/realistic to take a cutting or two of this bush?
Is there a best time and technique to do this? I'm clueless, as you can
tell.

Where are you? I have suckers coming from my Japonica (And three big
bags of fruit this year - lovely jelly and improves cooked apple no
end...)

You're welcome to a rooted sucker.


Rusty Hinge, thanks for the offer, but I'm in Austria.

hyperbole

I have a sckful of pips...

/hyperbole

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Rusty
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