List of Trees That Grow From Cuttings : Hardwood and Softwood Cuttings

Learn details on softwood cuttings and semi-hardwood or hardwood cuttings for plant propagation and a list of plants that grow from cuttings.

Plant cuttings for propagation are classified based on the plant part from which they are taken (stem, root or leaf) and their state of growth (herbaceous, softwood, hardwood, etc.).

How to Grow Bougainvillea From Cuttings- Picture of Propagated Bougainvillea by cutting

Propagated Bougainvillea growing in a pot

Almost all perennial and shrubby plants can be propagated from cuttings. The most successful plants suitable for cutting propagation include mint (How to grow mint from cuttings in water), dill, rosemary, lavender, daisies, geranium, jasmine, roses, mandevilla and many more. Some trees like pomegranate, plums, guava, apricot, etc. can also be grown from cuttings.

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Hardwood and Softwood Stem Cuttings For Plant Propagation

List of Plants Suitable for Cuttings For Propagation

Note that all plants cannot be propagated from stem cuttings. The natural question is what plants can grow from cuttings. Some plants are best propagated from softwood cuttings, while some are propagated from semi-hardwood cuttings and others from hardwood cuttings.

Type of Cuttings For Plant Propagation

You can take softwood, semi-hardwood or hardwood stem cuttings. Cuttings are always taken from healthy plants branches of healthy plants.

Softwood Cuttings

Softwood Cuttings are taken in spring when the plant is growing due to prevailing growth hormones in the plant system. As the soft leaves are quite tender, care must be taken to keep them from drying out. Soft wood cuttings usually root quite quickly. Softwood stem cuttings have the highest rooting success of all the cuttings. Many difficult to propagate plants can be tried from softwood cuttings.

List of Plants That Grow from Stem Cuttings

Examples of plants that can be grown from softwood stem cuttings include Asters, Azalea, Bedding geraniums, Bee balm, Bellflowers, Betula tree, Blanket flowers, Blueberries, Buddleja, Bugleweed, Butterfly bush,Catalpa (Indian Been tree), Catmint, Cherries Ornamental Chrysanthemums, Clematis, Clematis, Coleus, Dahlias, Dogwood Fuchsia, Fuchsias, Hibiscus, Hydrangea, Lavender, Lilac, Maples, Mulberry, Persimmons, Rose of Sharon, Spirea, Wisteria, and many more.

Semi-hardwood Cuttings For Propagation

Semi-hardwood Cuttings are taken after flowering in mid-summer when the plant is starting to harden. The semi-hardwood is quite firm and the leaves of mature size. Semi-hardwood cuttings also root quickly.

Rose Propagated from Stem Cutting
and Grown in a Pot

Many broadleaf evergreen shrubs and some conifers are propagated by this method. Examples of plants that can be propagated from semi-hardwood stem cuttings include Althea, Angel Trumpet, Artemisia, Azalea, Boxwood, Berberis, Box, Brachyglottis, Buddleia (butterfly bush), Camellia, Caryopteris (blue mist spirea), Ceanothus, Cherry laurel, Choisya, Cistus, Coleus, Convolvulus cneorum, Erica, Escallonia, Fatsia, Fuchsia, Gardenia, Geraniums, Hebe, Holly, Holly, Ivy, Lamium, Lavender, Lonicera nitida, Lonicera pileata, Mahonia, Passion flower, Periwinkle, Portuguese laurel, Privet, Quince, Flowering, Rhododendron, Rubus calycinoides, Rubus tricolor, Solanum, Trachelospermum Viburnum, Weigela, etc.
Herbs: Bay, Hyssop, Lavender, Rosemary, Rue, Sage, Thyme

Hardwood Cuttings Propagation

Hardwood Cuttings are generally taken from the current year growth at the end of autumn or in winter or early spring, when the plant is fully dormant with no active growth. The wood is firm and does not bend easily.

It should be noted that the hardwood cuttings take longer to root.

Butterfly Bushes, Currants, Euonymus, Fig, Forsythia, Forsythias, Grape Honey locust, Privet, Russian olive, St. John's Wort, etc. are among the plants that grow from hardwood stem cuttings.

List of Plants That Grow From Cuttings

Following is a list of plants with their Scientific names which can be propagated from different types of stem cuttings, viz. softwood, semi-hardwood and hardwood cutings.

Plants Propagation from Softwood or Hardwood Cutting
Common Name	Scientific Name
Broom	Cytisus spp.
Honeysuckle	Lonicera spp.
Blueberry	Vaccinium spp.
Deutzia	Deutzia spp.
Hydrangea	Hydrangea spp.
Ivy, Boston	Parthenocissus tricuspidata
Mock orange	Philadelphus spp.
Poplar, Aspen; Cottonwood	Populus spp.
Rose of Sharon; Shrub-althea	HIbiscus syriacus
Virginia creeper	Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Weigela	Weigela spp.

Plants Propagation from Softwood or Semi-hardwood Cutting
Common Name	Scientific Name
Clematis	Clematis spp.
Crabapple	Malus spp.
Cherry, Flowering	Prunus spp.
Dawn redwood	Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Dogwood	Cornus spp.
Mandevilla	Apocynaceae
Maple	Acer spp.
Maple	Acer spp.

Plants Propagation from Softwood, Semi-hardwood or Hardwood Cutting
Common Name	Scientific Name
Bittersweet	Celastrus spp.
Forsythia	Forsythia spp.
Geranium	cranesbills
Rose	Rosa spp.
Trumpet creeper	Campsis spp.
Willow	Salix spp.

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