Saturday, June 19, 2021 10 AM-11:30 AM
Participants will tour the Native Plant Collection with Arboretum Assistant Director Maggie Redfern, and learn techniques of how to collect, stick and successfully root softwood cuttings and how to apply these practices at home. Connecticut College Arboretum, Native Plant Collection
Native shrubs for June cuttings
For this method to be successful, green twigs should be collected from plants in active growth. Species that lend themselves to propagation from cuttings at this time of year include the following:
Clethra alnifolia – summersweet
Salix species – willow shrubs, any species
Prunus pumila – sand cherry
Sambucus canadensis – elderberry
Ilex verticillate -winterberry
Diervilla lonicera – dwarf bush honeysuckle
Swida spp. — shrub dogwoods (S. sericea – red twig, S. amomum – silky, S. racemosa – gray)
Fothergilla gardenii or F. major – dwarf or standard fothergilla
Rosa virginiana – pasture rose
Rubus odoratus – purple-flowering raspberry
Parthenocissus quinquefolia – Virginia creeper
Viburnum acerfolium – maple-leaved viburnum (also V cassinoides – withered viburnum)
Lindera benzoin – spicebush
Lonicera sempervirens – trumpet honeysuckle (vine)
Euonymous atropurpurea – Eastern Wahoo
Vaccinium corymbosium- highbush blueberry
Hydrangea arborascens – smooth hydrangea
Rhododendron/native deciduous azalea (stoloniferous species easier: R. atlanticum, R. arborescens, R. periclymenoides, R. viscosum)
Helpful video from Arnold Arboretum