Cuttings from Rosemary?

[minskey]

hellooooooooooo

I have a large rosemary bush which is now too large for where it is, over 6ft tall.

Is it possible to take cuttings, if so when & how is it done

[binley100]

I just cut a piece off and shove it in a jar of water till it roots ......should be fine to do it now....

[coreopsis]

Wow.Wish I had one like this.I haven't got much luck with rosemary,trying with a new plant again.

[minskey]

Righty Ho, does it have to be the new green shoots or the hard woody stuff?

[coreopsis]

Last time I took cuttings they were green (not woody stem).They had rooted well but didn't survive the winter.Now I have a new pot (again) already in the ground and took some cuttings(green bit and removed the leaves at the bottom)-they are in the gh (mother plant outside)and watered every day.Cuttings are a bit floppy but not dry-they were taken nearly 2 weeks ago.Let's wait and see.

[Snadger]

My poor rosemary has succumbed to the cold winter. It was well established, 4 foot high but those heavy frosts and snow showers did for it.

It was grown from a 'heel' cutting. I tore the cuttings off with a heel of old wood, dipped in rooting hormone, five to a pot of sandy compost, water well then put a polythene bag over the lot secured with a laccy band!

[minskey]

Coreopsis; it was in a pot looking sorry for itself at a well know DIY store so I had to 'rescue' it. Plonked it into a border of heavy stoney clay then wen't away for 7 months, it was still there when I came home & has just carried on. I bought another and its a quarter of the height and spindly!!!

Right going to take 'green' cuttings now and pop into water, later when I get some rooting hormone I'll do a 'heel' cutting a la snadger.

[minskey]

Oh, nearly forgot; Ta for all the advice. I'll let you know how I get on

[Flummery]

I've done it from heeled cuttings too. I took them in July and trimmed the bit of old wood at the heel and stuck them 5 round the edge of a pot. I ended up with about 2 per pot that actually took. Left them in a cold frame all winter then transplanted to where I wanted them. Good luck!

[Storm]

stuck them 5 round the edge of a pot. I ended up with about 2 per pot that actually took. Left them in a cold frame all winter then transplanted to where I wanted them.

I have found this tactic works too - I planted lots of cuttings per pot, knowing that most won't take but your plant is big, so it won't miss lots of cuttings to make baby plants with.

[northepaul]

Is now a good time to take cuttings from most herbs?

[cardiffsteve]

Is it too late to take cuttings now?
My Rosemary bush was about 4 feet tall but it has fallen over and bottom branches are starting to die.
I have some John Innes No2 and 5inch plastic pots, is that okay to plant cuttings in?

I know this is an old thread but didnt really want to start new one on same subject.

[taff]

I've just done some from mine, take the new growth, put them in the side of the pots rather than in the middle if that makes sense.

[cardiffsteve]

Thanks Taff I shall give it a go nothing to lose.

[taff]

I tried with normal mpc a couple of years ago, I also took the old wood as cuttings, it all went wrong.
My father gave me some cuttings from their rosemary bush, he filled the pot with plain old garden earth, and stuck it in the sides, result, 95% cuttings survuved and grew roots. I did the same with some lavender a few weeks ago using again, normal garden earth, result, 80% of cuttings survived with impressive root growth.
So that's when I knew it would work and did the same with the rosemary
And a different kind of lavender will be in the pots on Sunday...this may sound silly, but the cuttings of lavender i orginally took were from a plant I didn't particularly want to keep, and i only did it to see if it would work, so i could take cuttings from the much better coloured one and know they'll live so i can eventually remove it [I haven't pruned it properly and it's all straggly] and put some lovely new ones in it's place.