My lovely white Azalea is extending one of its branches into a path.

I want to cut off the branch and try to grow a new plant from it.

Usually I have pretty good luck on this kind of operation.

Wondering if any problems particular to Azalea.

I went on-line to several Azalea sites, but did not see this question addressed.

This is So. Calif coastal.

TIA

Higgs Boson wrote:
My lovely white Azalea is extending one of its branches into a path.

I want to cut off the branch and try to grow a new plant from it.

Usually I have pretty good luck on this kind of operation.

Wondering if any problems particular to Azalea.

I went on-line to several Azalea sites, but did not see this question
addressed.

This is So. Calif coastal.

TIA

I have no experience of Azaleas but a woody branch will often take better if
layered rather than by cutting a slip. A number of web sites say it works
with azaleas. If you cannot bend it down to the earth or a pot try air
layering.

D

On Sun, 31 Mar 2013 12:33:42 +1100, "David Hare-Scott"
wrote:

Higgs Boson wrote:
My lovely white Azalea is extending one of its branches into a path.

I want to cut off the branch and try to grow a new plant from it.

Usually I have pretty good luck on this kind of operation.

Wondering if any problems particular to Azalea.

I went on-line to several Azalea sites, but did not see this question
addressed.

This is So. Calif coastal.

TIA

I have no experience of Azaleas but a woody branch will often take better if
layered rather than by cutting a slip. A number of web sites say it works
with azaleas. If you cannot bend it down to the earth or a pot try air
layering.

Azaleas respond to layering very well.
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/hil/hil-8701.html

On 3/30/13 5:13 PM, Higgs Boson wrote:
My lovely white Azalea is extending one of its branches into a path.

I want to cut off the branch and try to grow a new plant from it.

Usually I have pretty good luck on this kind of operation.

Wondering if any problems particular to Azalea.

I went on-line to several Azalea sites, but did not see this question addressed.

This is So. Calif coastal.

TIA


I once rooted an azalea cutting. The potting medium was a mix of equal
parts of peat moss and coarse sand, well moistend. I used a rooting
powder.

For a mini-greenhouse, I took an empty liter soda bottle and cut off the
top. I then pried off the hard plastic bottom. Turning the bottle
upside-down, I put it over the pot.

The cutting did root, but it died when I tried moving it into a larger
pot.

--
David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean, see
http://www.rossde.com/garden/climate.html
Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary

Higgs Boson writes:

My lovely white Azalea is extending one of its branches into a path.

I want to cut off the branch and try to grow a new plant from it.

Usually I have pretty good luck on this kind of operation.

Wondering if any problems particular to Azalea.

I went on-line to several Azalea sites, but did not see this question addressed.

This is So. Calif coastal.

I started some clones from cuttings many years ago.
I used some rooting hormone and stuck a few cuttings in soil.

The cuttings took, but the plant I have from that is growing very
slowly. I had some deer attacks and frost die back but 8-10 years later
the plant is less than 12 inches high and it looks pretty bare right
now.

It has bloomed, almost every spring, but I think the plant is still
struggling to get going. Could be a result of the way I propagated it,
or just normal for young Azaleas, or just a result of where it's
planted.

The other thing you can do with Azaleas is pin a branch to the ground.
Come back in a year or 2 and it will be rooted. I've had a few branches
root like that on their own.

--
Dan Espen

On Monday, April 1, 2013 9:21:05 AM UTC-7, mlcwa wrote:
Higgs Boson writes:



My lovely white Azalea is extending one of its branches into a path.



I want to cut off the branch and try to grow a new plant from it.



Usually I have pretty good luck on this kind of operation.



Wondering if any problems particular to Azalea.



I went on-line to several Azalea sites, but did not see this question addressed.



This is So. Calif coastal.



I started some clones from cuttings many years ago.

I used some rooting hormone and stuck a few cuttings in soil.



The cuttings took, but the plant I have from that is growing very

slowly. I had some deer attacks and frost die back but 8-10 years later

the plant is less than 12 inches high and it looks pretty bare right

now.



It has bloomed, almost every spring, but I think the plant is still

struggling to get going. Could be a result of the way I propagated it,

or just normal for young Azaleas, or just a result of where it's

planted.



The other thing you can do with Azaleas is pin a branch to the ground.

Come back in a year or 2 and it will be rooted. I've had a few branches

root like that on their own.



--

Dan Espen

Thanks to all for thoughtful advice. From the location of the plant, layering or pinning to ground would be difficult, so I am going to take a chance and just cut off the invading branch and try to root it. Wish me luck!

HB