How to take Buddleia Cuttings

[@RomeoVitaly]

Hi james, am from the Netherlands i watched your video. I took some buddleja cuttings the way you showed. But i took the cuttings end of March beginning April. I put a empty transparent breadbag over them and i notice little new leafs are growing. I was wondering how long i need to keep them inside home before putting them in the garden. It are my first buddleja cuttings ever and i succeeded sofar thanks to your video. Kind regards from me. 👍

[@jameswilmot4537]

Hi, I have many other videos on my channel one is about taking Hebe cuttings. This method of keeping them in a moisture box is very good as the plants need more moisture without roots in the beginning. I kept mine outside all year even as cuttings, temperature is ok so long as moisture is available you should get new plants.

[@RomeoVitaly]

@@jameswilmot4537 thanks James for your quick response and tips. I going to do so. 👍

[@chrisdermott176]

Hi James, Took some Buddleia cuttings (both Flower power Bicolour and Goblosa) at the end of July using your advice. However as I wasn't sure whether ANY would take, I took a lot of cuttings and put them all into one 8 inch pot - shock - they've ALL taken. At the moment I'm loathed to disturb them as I want to make sure that they all get really good root growth. It's now coming to the End of September, so could I leave them in this pot to over winter - will they be okay? Would very much appreciate your advice. Regards - Chris D

[@jameswilmot4537]

That's great to hear, this method does seem very successful. I would carefully move them into smaller individual pots so that their roots don't entangle. From then on you can move them into bigger pots as they grow. As for winter, they should be just fine outside, Good Luck.

[@chrisdermott176]

@@jameswilmot4537 Hi James, many thanks for the prompt response and the advice.

[@jameswilmot4537]

That's great you've taken some cuttings, hope they take :) I took some Japanese Maple cuttings back in March and these are doing okay. I made a new video on their progress so far and will do updates in them in my future updates. All the Best :)

[@grantmail4112]

This is great, I purchased a Buddleia in a small pot and now wish I had taken cuttings from my own , I have 4 large Buddleia's around 8 - 10ft high all different colours.. I was just wondering the reason why your new cuttings didn't go inside the mini greenhouse you made... and you left it outside of it to grow? I was going do I put my new cuttings into a similar clear large storage box with a lid like you showed in your video... is that correct as soon as the cuttings are potted? and how often to water? thanks : )

[@jameswilmot4537]

Hi, how ru? I used the bottom of the mini greenhouse this year which worked well, please note this video is 6 yrs old, please check my latest monthly updates, thanks

[@marcleeman3609]

First make a well and then carefully place your twig in it and then close the well, because if you push your twig in, the powder will have slipped off again.. You can see that without powder they also grow well.. Thanks for the interesting movie...

[@jameswilmot4537]

I thought this might have happened. I just forgot to do this in the video but remembered. I did this with some Japanese Maple cuttings back in March and these are doing well. I made a new video on their progress so far and will do updates in them in my future updates. All the Best :)

[@Erik-so2pm]

And what about the mysterious rooting powder ? No success without it ? Or just a matter of speed?

[@jameswilmot4537]

I would say now that the rooting powder is a bit over rated and the best thing to get the plants started is moderate heat, correct moisture i.e. using plastic bottle cut outs and using high quality soil. The rooting powder may benefit the cuttings to start with but I've had very good success with taking new cuttings without the powder.

[@Erik-so2pm]

Thanks, I will try half with and the other half without. Thanks. Erik (The Netherlands)

[@Victoria-wd6kr]

Hi James, my dad gave me some small buddleia plants which he grew from cuttings. They are still in pots (uncovered in the garden) and starting to flag. Should I pot them on or put straight out in the garden; or something else..... ?

[@jameswilmot4537]

If they are quite small you could put them in a propagator as they love moisture and heat and light to start out. They also like a prune if they start getting leggy as this will make them grow more side branches and you'll get a stronger base for them to start, this seems to be the case for a lot of plants.

[@Kimmy234L]

Hi James, how did your long buddleia twig grow? ....did it root, and grow into a healthy tree? I'm experimenting with about 10 x a foot plus long cuttings, leaving the off shoots on them, and placed them in water.....I've noticed some have minute roots on them, in just over 2 weeks. These are in my conservatory. Then I've taken some none flowering off shoots and potted them. Plus some off shoots that have a new bloom growth. I just want to see if you can cheat the growing process and still end up with a healthy growing shrup/tree. I've searched the Web, and can't find anyone that has done this, so I'm interested to see that you actually potted up the remainder of your buddleia cutting. I'd be very grateful for an update please Thanks

[@jameswilmot4537]

Hi Kimmy, the large Buddleia stick I planted in this video survived along with the others. They are now all in the front of my garden driveway. I'm always having to trim this hedge but the white flowers are really nice. I put a few purple and pink buddleia in with them to add variety. The white buddleia I took all these cuttings from in Spring 2019 was a special plant I took as a cutting back in July 2014 as it was my first ever cutting I took myself. 2018 was the first year it got big, in late 2017 it was a little plant still. Sadly this plant died in May 2019 as I went and buried the bottom of it to try and stabilise it from falling over. Sadly Buddleia aren't like potato plants or other trees that send more roots into it, they rather rot at the base when in contact with soil and this infects the plant. In this video I made, the effect was devastating when there should have been many dark green healthy leaves there were far fewer and they were yellowish. Luckily, the first cutting I took from this plant was in June 2018 and that appeared with some others in my aviary in that garden update month. This plant can be seen since then and is now planted in the garden nearest the patio on the other side opposite the old aviary, it appears in my latest videos this year a lot. To increase the chances of my cuttings taking root, I now place them inside a plastic box/container to retain moisture as this helps to stop the plants drying out and dying. I made a good video on Hebe Cuttings 6 months ago and a brand new one on Japanese Maple cuttings which are much harder to root and they take an age to get growing. I managed to get 12 out of about 40 JM trees to take and an update on these is coming this 4th Saturday when I release my regular garden updates each month. I have a mostly unbroken chain of 4th Sat/Sun garden updates going back to September 2017.

[@Kimmy234L]

@@jameswilmot4537 thanks for getting back to me That's good to hear!...I'll persevere with my experiments then. Yes, the young off shoot cuttings that I potted, I covered with freezer bags, and they're coming along nicely So all in all, its not risky to pot up large cuttings....but I'm wondering if my large cuttings with the offshoots still intact, might not grow to be a healthy tree...only time will tell My buddleia is a lovely lilac colour with the odd white bloom here and there, so I'm eager to see what colour my cuttings grow into! Thanks again James...and I'll keep a look out for your updates

[@jameswilmot4537]

@@Kimmy234L That's great. The bigger the cuttings are, the longer they take to root but if they are well covered and moist, they should be just fine, they might need a little air sometimes so a few holes would help keeping them fresh. Good Luck with your cuttings :)

[@Kimmy234L]

@@jameswilmot4537 good advice thank you, I'll cover the large ones too then.

[@Kimmy234L]

@@jameswilmot4537 I forgot to say...the other thing I learnt, was to change the water that the cuttings are in, every 3 days, as water loses it's oxygen

[@grantmail4112]

Also.. how did the large final stem take in the end? : )

[@jameswilmot4537]

I've never managed to get one this big to take, sometimes a slightly larger one roots but normally the small ones do better.

[@66REDD66]

Hello there. What was the reason you trimmed half of the 4 leaves off your first cutting?

[@joedisco]

i was wondering this too

[@thearkedcrown]

I don't do it his way but it's so the plant doesn't have to support so many leaves while its rooting but it still gets energy. It also prevents the leaves from drooping and causing fungal damage.

[@jameswilmot4537]

I trim the leaves on fresh cuttings to save energy and moisture while the new plant takes root. In this example I trimmed 4 leaves in half, you could take off all but the two top leaves and see if this is better, there may be less chance of the plant getting infected this way.

[@66REDD66]

I did what you did 3 months ago and I now have 4 huge healthy cuttings.👍

[@wajidkohatify]

new video plz

[@alexhogan1]

What time of year was this? Thanks

[@jameswilmot4537]

This was back in April, some of these cuttings have taken nicely. I have videos on their progress.