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May 25, Supplies You'll Need: Step 1: Prepare Your Willow Twigs Go out to a willow tree and get some new twigs, as green as you can get them. Cut the Step 2: Pour Boiling Hot Water Over Twigs Boil water in a tea pot, or any pot you have handy, and pour it over the Step 3: Let the Jar Steep for Over 24 Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins.

To propagate shrubs from hardwood cuttings, take them in late fall before the shrub is dormant for the winter, or before the new season of growth begins in the early springtime.

Jul 15, Subscribe Now:bushdig.bar?add_user=ehowgardenWatch More:bushdig.bar a butterfly bush from cutting. Jun 08, Softwood cuttings are made from fresh, new growth, usually in spring or early summer. Plants such as butterfly bush, rosemary, and dogwood root well from softwood cuttings. Greenwood cuttings are from young stems that are starting to mature, but still in the first year. They're usually taken in early to midsummer.