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Propagating Evergreens
Propagating evergreens from your own garden is one of the more advanced things you'll do in the garden. These can be tricky but here are a few hints.
Treat evergreen seed exactly as shrub seed or big perennial seed. You'll often find seeds in cones or falling off your evergreen plants and there is absolutely no reason why these can't be grown. Actually there is one reason. Some evergreen shrubs, particularly the dwarf varieties, are produced from witches brooms (abnormal growth on normal plants) and if they produce a seed, it will likely resemble the parent plant more than the variety. Having said that – if you can obtain evergreen seed, you can grow it by following the directions right here.
Treat evergreen cuttings as hardwood cuttings and while some of the easier plants (thuja – eastern cedar) will root from tender tip cuttings, for the most part evergreens are best treated as hardwood cuttings in the home garden. Click here for a free newsletter and to ask about propagating evergreens
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